TI-2012-05335 Aliases CVE-2012-6617 GHSA-5p79-rx54-3929

The prepare_sdp_description function in ffserver.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2 allows remote…

LOW 24Published 2013-12-24 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The prepare_sdp_description function in ffserver.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the rtp format.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02258 83rd 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg::::::::	up to 1.0.1	Vulnerable	FFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:1.0:::::::*	1.0	Vulnerable	FFmpeg

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-6617
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5p79-rx54-3929

References

Other 4

TI-2025-19015 FFmpeg git-master before commit d5873b was discovered to contain a memory leak in the component libavutil/iamf.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-21238 FFmpeg 7.0 contains a heap-buffer-overflow at libavfilter/vf_tiltandshift.c:189:5 in copy_column. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2023-06050 Ffmpeg: null pointer dereference in ffmpeg hls parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-28420 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
TI-2023-27357 FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a heap-based buffer overflow via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
TI-2023-27044 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg version n6.1-3-g466799d4f5, allows a local… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0

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Sources

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