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title: "CVE-2012-2882\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2882

Publication date 26 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

FFmpeg, as used in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.79, does not properly
handle OGG containers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors,
related to a "wild pointer" issue.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2882)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2882)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2882)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2882)

### Other references

* <https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=150239>
* <https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10829204>
* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=140647>
* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2882>