CVE-2013-0873 describes a critical vulnerability in the read_header function of libavcodec/shorten.c within FFmpeg versions prior to 1.1.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause an unspecified impact, potentially involving memory corruption due to "freeing invalid addresses," by providing an invalid channel count. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.2CPE 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:C/I:C/A:C
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