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DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0853
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0853
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from OSV · Published August 20, 2012
The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12, and 0.8.x before 0.8.11; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in an Atrac 3 file.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | Debian:14 | 7:2.4.1-1 |
| ffmpeg | Debian:13 | 7:2.4.1-1 |
| ffmpeg | Debian:12 | 7:2.4.1-1 |
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | ffmpeg | 0 |
| Debian:13 | ffmpeg | 0 |
| Debian:12 | ffmpeg | 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 20, 2012 CVE Published
- Oct 23, 2026 CVE Updated
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