FFmpeg N113007-g8d24a28d06 af_stereowiden.c buffer overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in FFmpeg N113007-g8d24a28d06. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file libavfilter/af_stereowiden.c. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-51794. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg N113007-g8d24a28d06. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file libavfilter/af_stereowiden.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libavfilter/af_stereowiden.c:120:69.

The advisory is available at trac.ffmpeg.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-51794 since 12/26/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/07/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 232751 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ffmpeg-4 (SUSE-SU-2025:0862-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (232751). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Multimedia Processing Software

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• FFmpeg

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• N113007-g8d24a28d06

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• open-source

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• Product: https://ffmpeg.org/

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