CVE-2008-3230
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The ffmpeg lavf demuxer allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file, possibly related to gstreamer, as demonstrated by lol-giftopnm.gif.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3218)
- Published
- July 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3218 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ffmpeg / lavf demuxer
References
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542643(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31899
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/13/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31234
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44210
- https://roundup.mplayerhq.hu/roundup/ffmpeg/issue530(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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