CVE-2012-0947 | BDVDB-2026-51679 Detail
Description#
Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VQA media file in which the image size is not a multiple of the block size.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/980963
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=58b2e0f0f2fc96c1158e04f8aba95cbe6157a1a3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49089
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2471
- http://libav.org/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53389
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/03/4
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.