Integer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2024-36618

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the libavformat library in AVI demuxer. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

How to mitigate CVE-2024-36618

Sources

• https://gist.github.com/1047524396/a148f3679415a6da53ca112eb2ba1523
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n6.1.1/libavformat/avidec.c#L1699
• https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/7a089ed8e049e3bfcb22de1250b86f2106060857