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GHSA-fcgq-p3x8-962w
GHSA-fcgq-p3x8-962w
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
The render_line function in the vorbis codec (vorbis.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Vorbis file, related to a large multiplier. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3893.
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
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1 url
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78925 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0859 advisory
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html url
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6fcf2bb8af0e7d6bb179e71e67e5fab8ef0d2ec2 url
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=6fcf2bb8af0e7d6bb179e71e67e5fab8ef0d2ec2 url