High severity · published Jun 16, 2016
CVE-2016-3062
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…
8.8
CVSS
4.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.4% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
through 8.0 · source: NVD
FF
Ffmpeg · Ffmpeg
through 0.10.15 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libav · Libav
through 11.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3062
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3062
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00105.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3603
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=929
ffmpeg.org
https://ffmpeg.org/security.html
git.libav.org
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7e01d48cfd168c3dfc663f03a3b6a98e0ecba328
Patch
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/689e59b7ffed34eba6159dcc78e87133862e3746
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