CVE-2012-2801

Unspecified vulnerability in libavcodec/avs.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to dimensions and "out of array writes."

Published: 2012-09-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2801 is rated High Risk (71.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.97%). EPSS rose +2.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2801

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.94% 2.97% +2.04%
2 2026-03-01 0.99% 0.94% -0.06%
3 2025-05-15 — 0.99% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2801

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2801

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2801

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2801 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ffmpeg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2801
gentoo normal CVE-2012-2801: 2 GLSA(s) (201310-12, 201406-28), 2 atom(s) (media-video/ffmpeg, media-video/libav); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-2801
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2801 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (ffmpeg, ffmpeg-extra, libav, libav-extra), 28 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 13, released 9, ignored 3, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2801

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2801

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libav libav 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libav libav 0.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg <= 0.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2801

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