| Name | CVE-2012-0947 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VQA media file in which the image size is not a multiple of the block size. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2471-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | stretch (security) | 7:3.2.18-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7:3.2.19-0+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 7:4.1.11-0+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 7:4.1.11-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 7:7.1-3 | fixed | |
| libav (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 6:11.12-1~deb8u9 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | source | squeeze | 4:0.5.8-1 | DSA-2471-1 | ||
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 7:2.4.1-1 | |||
| libav | source | (unstable) | 6:0.8.2-1 |
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/980963
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/03/4