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CVE-2023-50007 json

FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows an attacker to trigger use of a parameter of negative size in the...

published 2024-04-19 2 y ago modified 2026-07-23 3 mo ago also EUVD-2023-54837 , JLSEC-2025-128

cvss
4.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows an attacker to trigger use of a parameter of negative size in the av_samples_set_silence function in thelibavutil/samplefmt.c:260:9 component.

Patch / fix

  • julia FFMPEG_jll 7.1.0+0
  • ffmpeg ffmpeg 5.1.7
  • ffmpeg Debian 12 7:5.1.7-0+deb12u1
  • ffmpeg Debian 14, Debian 13 7:7.0.1-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50007

  • ffmpeg Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50007

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ffmpeg-5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.1.4-6.1
  • ffmpeg-6 openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.1.1-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13908-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13909-1

  • ffmpeg Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 7.1.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-50007

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-50007 updated

ffmpeg: multiple vulnerabilitites

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • trac.ffmpeg.org https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10700 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia FFMPEG_jll
>=6.1.1+0, <7.1.0+0
7.1.0+0

Affected products

  • ffmpeg ffmpeg

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Add more accurate affected version ranges.