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Vulnerability · Published Apr 19, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-51795

High 8.0

In plain English

A high-severity heap buffer overflow in the ffmpeg package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c:1789:52 component in showspectrumpic_request_frame

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12ffmpeg7:5.1.5-0+deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51795
Debian:12ffmpeg7:5.1.5-0+deb12u1DSA-5712-1
Debian:13ffmpeg7:7.0.1-3DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51795
Debian:14ffmpeg7:7.0.1-3DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51795

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

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