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CVE-2012-6618

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6618 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the av_probe_input_buffer function of FFmpeg versions prior to 1.0.2. A remote attacker can trigger a crash by providing a specially crafted MP3 file, potentially due to issues with frame size or insufficient frames for rate estimation. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity and only a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion 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

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

article.gmane.org / gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.user/42233
git.libav.org
git.videolan.org
secunia.com / advisories/51964
Vendor Advisory
trac.ffmpeg.org / ticket/1991
Exploit
ffmpeg.org / security.html