# CVE-2012-0853: The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12, and 0.8.x before 0.8.11; and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-08-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12, and 0.8.x before 0.8.11; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in an Atrac 3 file.

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4
- http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49089
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c509f4f74713b035a06f79cb4d00e708f5226bc5
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c509f4f74713b035a06f79cb4d00e708f5226bc5
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9af6abdc17deb95c9b1f1d9242ba49b8b5e0b016

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