CVE-2012-0857 describes multiple buffer overflows in the J2K decoder (j2kdec.c) within libavcode in FFmpeg versions prior to 0.9.1. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, specifically an application crash, through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it indicates a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in only availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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