Microsoft is providing notification of the discovery and remediation of three vulnerabilities in the FFmpeg codec library software version 0.10 and earlier versions. Microsoft discovered and disclosed the vulnerability under coordinated vulnerability disclosure to the affected vendor, FFmpeg. FFmpeg has remediated the vulnerability in their software.
Vulnerabilities exist in the way that FFmpeg libavcodec parses ASF, QT, and WMV files. These vulnerabilities result in memory corruption issues within libavcodec, allowing arbitrary code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Vulnerability Research reported these vulnerabilities to and coordinated with FFmpeg to ensure remediation of these vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE entries CVE-2012-5359, CVE-2012-5360, and CVE-2012-5361, respectively, in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures list. For more information, including information about updates from FFmpeg, see the FFmpeg download page.