CVE-2023-49501: fedoraproject fedora Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-49501 is a high (CVSS 8.0) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 19-04-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-11-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().