CVE-2012-6616

Exp

The mov_text_decode_frame function in libavcodec/movtextdec.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted 3GPP TS 26.245 data.

Published: 2013-12-24 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6616 is rated Exploit Available (59.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.77%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6616

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6616

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 2025-03-30 1.12% 0.77% -0.36%
2 2025-03-29 0.80% 1.12% +0.32%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.80% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6616

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6616

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6616

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2012-6616 unimportant 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-2012-6616
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6616 medium priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (chromium-browser, ffmpeg, …), 112 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 35, not-affected 28, ignored 24, needs-triage 23, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6616

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ffmpeg ffmpeg <= 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6616

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