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CVE-2012-0858

Publication date 14 February 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

The Shorten codec (shorten.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Shorten file, related to an "invalid free".

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ffmpeg 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
ffmpeg-extra 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
libav 12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 4:0.7.6-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 4:0.6.6-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
libav-extra 12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Fixed
11.04 natty
Fixed
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

as of 2012-05-22, no equivalent fix in ffmpeg 0.5.x

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references