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CVE-2012-5359

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF file.

Affected products

• FFmpeg: before 0.11 — fixed in 0.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FFmpeg 0.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/VulnerabilityResearchAdvisories/2012/msvr12-017
• https://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/VulnerabilityResearchAdvisories/2012/msvr12-017
• https://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

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