ffmpeg — security advisory
The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.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 (infinite loop and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in an Atrac 3 file.
- Products
- ffmpeg
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 7:2.4.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-0853
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.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 (infinite loop and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in an Atrac 3 file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0853
ffmpeg
Fixed versions: 7:2.4.1-1
ffmpeg
Fixed versions: 7:2.4.1-1
ffmpeg
Fixed versions: 7:2.4.1-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:31.002925379Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417365,
"published_at": "2012-08-20T18:55:02.823+00:00"
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