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.

Published: 2011-05-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-3908 is rated Moderate Risk (57.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.97%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3908

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 2.30% 2.97% +0.67%
2 2025-04-23 1.90% 2.30% +0.40%
3 2025-04-10 — 1.90% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3908

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3908

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3908

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-3908 not yet assigned 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-2010-3908
gentoo high CVE-2010-3908: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-12), 1 atom(s) (media-video/ffmpeg); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-3908
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-3908 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ffmpeg), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): released 3, ignored 1, needed 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3908

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3908

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ffmpeg ffmpeg <= 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayerhq mplayer — cpe:2.3:a:mplayerhq:mplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3908

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