CVE-2008-3162
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 9.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the str_read_packet function in libavformat/psxstr.c in FFmpeg before r13993 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted STR file that interleaves audio and video sectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 9.3% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3152)
- Published
- July 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3152 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=489965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30994(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31268
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34905
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml
- http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg?view=rev&revision=13993
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1781
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:157
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/16/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30154
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-630-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2031/references
- https://roundup.mplayerhq.hu/roundup/ffmpeg/issue311
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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