Vulnerability · Published Apr 19, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-50008
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity buffer overflow 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 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows memory consumption when using the colorcorrect filter, in the av_malloc function in libavutil/mem.c:105:9 component.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | ffmpeg | 7.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50008 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ffmpeg | 7.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50008 |
| Debian:12 | ffmpeg | 7:5.1.7-0+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50008 |
| Debian:12 | ffmpeg | 7:5.1.7-0+deb12u1 | DSA-5985-1 |
| Debian:13 | ffmpeg | 7:7.0.1-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50008 |
| Debian:14 | ffmpeg | 7:7.0.1-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50008 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/5f87a68cf70dafeab2fb89b42e41a4c29053b89b
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10701
- FEDORA-2024-92780a83f9 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-55e7e839f1 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-3a548f46a8 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-92780a83f9 vendor-advisory, x_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-55e7e839f1 vendor-advisory, x_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-3a548f46a8 vendor-advisory, x_transferred