CVE-2023-49501

Publication date 19 April 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.0 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the config_eq_output function in the libavfilter/asrc_afirsrc.c:495:30 component.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libav 25.10 questing Not in release
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
ffmpeg 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.0 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

References

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