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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2016-3062 json

The mov_read_dref function in libavformat/mov.c in Libav before 11.7 and FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of se…

published 2016-06-16 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4135

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The mov_read_dref function in libavformat/mov.c in Libav before 11.7 and FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via the entries value in a dref box in an MP4 file.

Patch / fix

  • ffmpeg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7:2.4.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3062

  • libav Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3062

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libav-tools openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.3-1.17

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10926-1

Exploit prediction

4.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.