Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-0947
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.
Affected products
25cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 24 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:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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