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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• openSUSE-SU-2016:1685 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• GLSA-201705-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7e01d48cfd168c3dfc663f03a3b6a98e0ecba328 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3603 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/689e59b7ffed34eba6159dcc78e87133862e3746 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://libav.org/releases/libav-11.7.changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://ffmpeg.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 23:40 UTC.