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TI-2012-00793 Aliases CVE-2012-0858GHSA-2pg8-mr5w-rhvw

The Shorten codec (shorten.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x…

Priority LOW 37CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The Shorten codec (shorten.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 (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Shorten file, related to an "invalid free".

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04344 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 33

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.1VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.2VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.6VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.7VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.8VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.9VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.11VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.5VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.6VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.7VulnerableFFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.1 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.2 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.6 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.7 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.8 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.9 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.11 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.5 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.6 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.7 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
Show 23 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.8VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.10VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.1VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.2VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.3VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.4VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.5VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.6VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.7VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.1VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.2VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.3VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.4VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.5VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.1VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.2VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.3VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.4VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8VulnerableLibav
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8 beta2VulnerableLibav
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.8 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.10 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.1 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.2 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.3 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.4 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.5 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.6 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.7 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.1 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.2 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.3 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.4 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.5 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.1 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.2 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.3 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.4 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8 Vulnerable ·Libav
  • cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8 beta2 Vulnerable ·Libav

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0858
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2pg8-mr5w-rhvw

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

Sources

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