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ffmpeg — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0852

The adpcm_decode_frame function in adpcm.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 and 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 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ADPCM file with the number of channels not equal to two.

Products
ffmpeg
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
7:2.4.1-1
CVEs
CVE-2012-0852
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0852

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2012, 18:55 UTC

The adpcm_decode_frame function in adpcm.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 and 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 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an ADPCM file with the number of channels not equal to two.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0852

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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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417994,
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