--- title: "CVE-2012-0823\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0823?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-0823 Publication date 23 February 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description VP8 Codec SDK (libvpx) before 1.0.0 "Duclair" allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) unspecified "corrupt input" or (2) by "starting decoding from a P-frame," which triggers an out-of-bounds read, related to "the clamping of motion vectors in SPLITMV blocks". [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0823?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | libvpx | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.10 maverick | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks) Upstream changelog indicates this was introduced in 0.9.7 ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0823) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0823) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0823) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0823) ### Other references * * *