CVE-2016-3062

high
Published 2016-06-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3062

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://libav.org/releases/libav-11.7.changelog

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/689e59b7ffed34eba6159dcc78e87133862e3746

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=929

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:2.4.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:2.4.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:2.4.1-1
debian debiansidfixed7:2.4.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:2.4.1-1
suse suse42.1affected
debian debianaffected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libavlibav{"endIncluding":"11.6"}
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"0.10.15"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.