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CVE-2012-6617

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6617 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the prepare_sdp_description function of ffserver.c in FFmpeg versions prior to 1.0.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the server by sending specially crafted rtp format data. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered of medium complexity to exploit, requiring network access but no authentication, and primarily impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6617Moderate

qffmpeg/ffmpeg-spice: DoS via vectors related to the rtp format in ffserver.c

Dec 10, 2012

References

git.videolan.org
secunia.com / advisories/51964
Vendor Advisory
trac.ffmpeg.org / ticket/1986
ffmpeg.org / security.html
osvdb.org / 93232