CVE-2008-3162

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

FFmpeg: 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.4.0 (+8)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=489965
http://secunia.com/advisories/30994
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

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