VDB-290167 · CVE-2024-36613 · Nessus 232751

FFmpeg 6.1.1 DXA Demuxer denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in FFmpeg 6.1.1 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component DXA Demuxer. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-36613. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg 6.1.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component DXA Demuxer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

FFmpeg n6.1.1 has a vulnerability in the DXA demuxer of the libavformat library allowing for an integer overflow, potentially resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or other undefined behavior.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-36613 since 05/30/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

Applying the patch 50d8e4f27398fd5778485a827d7a2817921f8540 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (232751). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Multimedia Processing Software

Name

FFmpeg

Version

6.1.1

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://ffmpeg.org/

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 232751
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ffmpeg-4 (SUSE-SU-2025:0862-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 50d8e4f27398fd5778485a827d7a2817921f8540

Timelineinfo

05/30/2024 🔍
01/03/2025 +218 days 🔍
01/04/2025 +0 days 🔍
03/15/2025 +70 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: ffmpeg.org

Advisory: 50d8e4f27398fd5778485a827d7a2817921f8540
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-36613 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-36613
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290167

Entryinfo

Created: 01/04/2025 00:51
Updated: 03/15/2025 12:39
Changes: 01/04/2025 00:51 (66), 02/15/2025 20:56 (3), 03/15/2025 12:39 (2)
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