What is CVE-2016-3062?

CVE-2016-3062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-3062?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2016-3062

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-06-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.044 (91.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.044 · change: +0.004

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00105.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-08 (vendor-advisory)
git.libav.org/
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3603 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/689e59b7ffed34eba6159dcc78e87133862e3746 (Patch)
libav.org/releases/libav-11.7.changelog (Release Notes)
ffmpeg.org/security.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3062?: CVE-2016-3062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-3062?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.