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CVE-2010-3908

FFmpeg before 0.5.4, as used in MPlayer and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed WMV file.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
20 May 2011
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
3% in the next 30 daysHigher than 87% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Memory buffer errors (CWE-119)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
FFmpegServers and applications · cpe:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg
  • Version 0.5.2
  • Version 0.5.1
  • Version 0.5
  • Version 0.4.9-pre1
All 18 release lines
  • Every version up to 0.5.3
  • Version 0.3
  • Version 0.3.1
  • Version 0.3.2
  • Version 0.3.3
  • Version 0.3.4
  • Version 0.4.0
  • Version 0.4.2
  • Version 0.4.3
  • Version 0.4.4
  • Version 0.4.5
  • Version 0.4.6
  • Version 0.4.7
  • Version 0.4.8
  • Version 0.4.9-pre1
  • Version 0.5
  • Version 0.5.1
  • Version 0.5.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3908
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3908