THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-3062
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-3062

Libav vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Libav
Affected product
Libav
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2016-06-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-3062

  • Confirm whether Libav Libav is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-3062.
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