Vulnerability · Published Oct 27, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-46407
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the ffmpeg package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
FFmpeg prior to commit bf814 was discovered to contain an out of bounds read via the dist->alphabet_size variable in the read_vlc_prefix() function.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | ffmpeg | 6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-46407 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ffmpeg | 6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-46407 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ffmpeg | 6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-46407 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ffmpeg | 6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-46407 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ffmpeg | 6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-46407 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ffmpeg | 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46407 |