← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-2790 · published 10 September 2012

CVE-2012-2790: Libav vulnerability

Libav · Libav

Unspecified vulnerability in the read_var_block_data function in libavcodec/alsdec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to the "number of decoded samples in first sub-block in BGMC mode."

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.2% · top 12.2%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the read_var_block_data function in libavcodec/alsdec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to the "number of decoded samples in first sub-block in BGMC mode."

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2837d8dc276760db1821b81df3f794a90bfa56e6
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.7.changelog
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog
http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
http://secunia.com/advisories/51257
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:079
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2837d8dc276760db1821b81df3f794a90bfa56e6
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.7.changelog
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog
http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
http://secunia.com/advisories/51257
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:079
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355

Track CVE-2012-2790 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

10.0CVE-2014-3984Libav vulnerabilityMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Libav before 0.8.12 allow remote attackers to have unknown impact and vectors.EPSS 4.0%10.0CVE-2013-0864Ffmpeg vulnerabilityThe gif_copy_img_rect function in libavcodec/gifdec.c in FFmpeg before 1.1.2 performs an incorrect calculation for an "end pointer," which allows rem…EPSS 2.8%10.0CVE-2013-0872Ffmpeg memory buffer overflow vulnerabilityThe swr_init function in libswresample/swresample.c in FFmpeg before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via an invalid or un…EPSS 2.8%10.0CVE-2013-4265Ffmpeg vulnerabilityThe av_reallocp_array function in libavutil/mem.c in FFmpeg before 2.0.1 has an unspecified impact and remote vectors related to a "wrong return code…EPSS 2.5%10.0CVE-2013-0873Ffmpeg improper input validation vulnerabilityThe read_header function in libavcodec/shorten.c in FFmpeg before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via an invalid channel …EPSS 2.8%10.0CVE-2011-3937Ffmpeg vulnerabilityThe H.263 codec (libavcodec/h263dec.c) in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12, 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and unspecified versions before 0.10, and in Libav 0.5.x b…EPSS 2.3%10.0CVE-2012-5144Canonical ubuntu linux memory buffer overflow vulnerabilityGoogle Chrome before 23.0.1271.97, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.5, do not properly perform AAC decoding, which allows remote att…EPSS 3.4%10.0CVE-2012-2800Libav vulnerabilityUnspecified vulnerability in the ff_ivi_process_empty_tile function in libavcodec/ivi_common.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 an…EPSS 2.9%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-2790), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-08). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.