CVE-2012-0856 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MPV_frame_start function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 when the lowres option is enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted H263 media file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a regression error.

Reference

http://ffmpeg.org/security.html http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/757 http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=21270cffaeab2f67a613907516b2b0cd6c9eacf4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/11 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78928