CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2023-50007 — Ffmpeg Ffmpeg security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4

FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows an attacker to trigger use of a parameter of negative size in the av_samples_set_silence function in thelibavutil/samplefmt.c:260:9 component.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4 (3.1)
Published
2024-04-19
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-121

Affected products

  • ffmpeg / ffmpeg
  • fedoraproject / fedora / 38
  • fedoraproject / fedora / 39
  • fedoraproject / fedora / 40

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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