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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-0858

CVE-2012-0858

Description

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".

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Affected products

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  • FFmpeg/Ffmpeg13 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: >=0.7.0 <0.7.12, >=0.8.0 <0.8.11
  • Libav/Libav22 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: >=0.5.0 <0.5.9, >=0.6.0 <0.6.6, >=0.7.0 <0.7.5, >=0.8.0 <0.8.1

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