CVE-2012-6615

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-6615 · Published 24/12/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-6615 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting ffmpeg (ffmpeg).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ffmpeg ffmpeg	`= 1.0≤ 1.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

The ff_ass_split_override_codes function in libavcodec/ass_split.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a subtitle dialog without text.

References

git.videolan.org
secunia.com/advisories/51964 · Vendor Advisory
ffmpeg.org/security.html
osvdb.org/89592
trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2048

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