CVE-2012-5359
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted...
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF file.
- Record
CVE-2012-5359- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF file.
- Record
CVE-2012-5359- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5280 No score
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF file.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5280- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rmv8-496q-66gx
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted...
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF file.
- Record
GHSA-rmv8-496q-66gx- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF file.
- Record
CVE-2012-5359- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-5359
Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASF file.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5359- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-5359 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ffmpeg, published February 8, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.27%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 7:2.4.1-1.