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CVE-2012-0859

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0859 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the render_line function of the vorbis codec within libavcodec in FFmpeg versions prior to 0.9.1. This flaw, an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3893, allows remote attackers to crash applications and potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted Vorbis file. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring medium attack complexity and offering partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0397 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

asteriskpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: null
View patch
bitbucketpatch availablevia llm_extracted
elementpatch availablevia llm_extracted
jfrogpatch availablevia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (4)

jfrogllm-jfrog-9aba2ef0acee8b3b

FFmpeg vorbis: Fix last quarter of CVE-2011-3893

asteriskllm-asterisk-3b9109530f8fbecf

Fix last quarter of CVE-2011-3893

bitbucketllm-bitbucket-88fe1f75275a2f66

Partial fix for CVE-2011-3893 in vorbis

elementllm-element-9a814e2f4e6cd431

Fix last quarter of CVE-2011-3893 in vorbis

References

ffmpeg.org / security.html
git.videolan.org
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78925
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1479-1