CVE-2023-49528: fedoraproject fedora Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-49528 is a high (CVSS 8.0) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 12-04-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-11-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg version n6.1-3-g466799d4f5, allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service (DoS) via the af_dialoguenhance.c:261:5 in the de_stereo 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().