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CVE-2012-0855

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_sot function in the J2K decoder (j2k.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors related to the curtileno variable.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-119
EPSS score
1.8% (78th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-0880)
Published
August 27, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0880 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg

References

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

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