CVE-2023-50007

Publication date 19 April 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via theav_samples_set_silence function in thelibavutil/samplefmt.c:260:9 component.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ffmpeg 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
libav 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
ffmpeg

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.0 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

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