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CVE-2012-0852

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-119
EPSS score
2.7% (86th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-0877)
Published
August 20, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0877 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav
  • libav / libav

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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