Integer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2024-36616

 

Integer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2024-36616

Published: December 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU101883
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4 BT: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36616
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in /libavformat/westwood_vqa.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted VQA file to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

FFmpeg
Ubuntu
openEuler
ffmpeg (Ubuntu package)
ffmpeg-debuginfo
libavdevice
ffmpeg-devel
ffmpeg
ffmpeg-debugsource
ffmpeg-libs

How to mitigate CVE-2024-36616

Install updates from vendor's website.

FFmpeg - update to 7.0
ffmpeg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm12, 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm10, 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm10, 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm9, 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm5
ffmpeg-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.2.4-20, 4.2.4-21, 6.1.1-16
libavdevice - addressed in versions 4.2.4-20, 4.2.4-21, 6.1.1-16
ffmpeg-devel - addressed in versions 4.2.4-20, 4.2.4-21, 6.1.1-16
ffmpeg - addressed in versions 4.2.4-20, 4.2.4-21, 6.1.1-16
ffmpeg-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.2.4-20, 4.2.4-21, 6.1.1-16
ffmpeg-libs - addressed in versions 4.2.4-20, 4.2.4-21, 6.1.1-16

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