What is CVE-2013-0852?

CVE-2013-0852 is a vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-12-07.

Is CVE-2013-0852 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2013-0852

The parse_picture_segment function in libavcodec/pgssubdec.c in FFmpeg before 1.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted RLE data, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2013-12-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ffmpeg — versions 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
git.videolan.org/
www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0852?: CVE-2013-0852 is a vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-12-07.
Is CVE-2013-0852 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.