The av_probe_input_buffer function in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2, when running with certain -probesize values, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted MP3 file, possibly related to frame size or lack of sufficient "frames to estimate rate."

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6618
• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/1991
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.user/42233
• http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v9.11
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=e74cd2f4706f71da5e9205003c1d8263b54ed3fb
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51964
• http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html