CVE-2024-36619

Publication date 29 November 2024

Last updated 15 October 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

FFmpeg n6.1.1 has a vulnerability in the WAVARC decoder of the libavcodec library which allows for an integer overflow when handling certain block types, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

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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
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 Ignored end of life, was needed
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm5
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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Notes

hlibk

Vulnerable code seems to have been introduced in version 6.1

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
ffmpeg

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7823-1
    • FFmpeg vulnerabilities
    • 15 October 2025

Other references