vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7823-1 (CVE-2024-36616): FFmpeg vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 29, 2024 | Jun 26, 2025 | Oct 21, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 29, 2024
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Oct 21, 2025
Description
An integer overflow in the component /libavformat/westwood_vqa.c of FFmpeg n6.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in the application via a crafted VQA file.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ffmpegubuntu-pro-upgrade-libavcodec-dev
References
- CVE-2024-36616
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-36616
- CWE-190
- UBUNTU-USN-7823-1
- URL-https://gist.github.com/1047524396/ded3e1509d8296ec4a91817867d108e0
- URL-https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n6.1.1/libavformat/westwood_vqa.c#L265
- URL-https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/98ca4d217d32e86fc19bfd9c26618292d58da0d2
- URL-https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/86f73277bf014e2ce36dd2594f1e0fb8b3bd6661
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7823-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36616
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