qffmpeg: Invalid free in libavcodec/shorten.c due to invalid channel count
Published Nov 23, 2013
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.84%
Description
The read_header function in libavcodec/shorten.c in FFmpeg before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via an invalid channel count, related to "freeing invalid addresses."
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.1.2
- 0.3
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.4.4
- 0.4.5
- 0.4.6
- 0.4.7
- 0.4.8
- 0.4.9
- 0.5
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.4.5
- 0.5.4.6
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.7.4
- 0.7.5
- 0.7.6
- 0.7.7
- 0.7.8
- 0.7.9
- 0.7.11
- 0.7.12
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.5.3
- 0.8.5.4
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
- 0.8.8
- 0.8.10
- 0.8.11
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.10
- 0.10.3
- 0.10.4
- 0.11
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
qffmpeg
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | qffmpeg | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.84% (0.02844) | 86.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.87% (0.02868) | 84.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.43% (0.01432) | 78.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.50% (0.03497) | 79.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.43% (0.01432) | 79.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 74.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 72.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 70.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00458) | 71.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f1279154ee9baf2078241bf5619774970d18b25 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0873 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034565 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0873
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0873
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f1279154ee9baf2078241bf5619774970d18b25 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0873 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034565 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0873 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0873 |
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