CVE-2008-3230

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-07-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3230 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3230

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3230

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.12% 0.41% +0.29%
2 2025-03-30 0.15% 0.12% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3230

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3230

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3230

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2008-3230 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ffmpeg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3230
ubuntu negligible CVE-2008-3230 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ffmpeg, ffmpeg-debian), 12 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): ignored 6, DNE 4, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3230

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3230

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ffmpeg lavf_demuxer — cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:lavf_demuxer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3230

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