3.6

CVE-2023-51796: fedoraproject fedora Classic Buffer Overflow

CVSS: 3.6v3.1LowAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-51796DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51796CGA-8v68-6j6w-763p
Published 19-04-2024Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-51796 is a low (CVSS 3.6) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
14/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.6/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13888-1USN-6803-1CGA-4PGF-5GFR-JXV8

Timeline

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

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libavfilter/f_reverse.c:269:26 in areverse_request_frame.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard6 products
  • ffmpeg-6All versions (No fix recorded)
  • ffmpeg-7< 7.1.3-r2
  • ffmpeg-7.1< 7.1.3-r1
  • ffmpeg-7.1-libavdevice61< 7.1.5-r2
  • ffmpeg-7.1-libswscale8< 7.1.5-r2
Wolfi5 products
  • ffmpeg-7< 7.1.3-r2
  • ffmpeg-7.1< 7.1.3-r1
  • ffmpeg-7.1-libavdevice61< 7.1.5-r2
  • ffmpeg-7.1-libswscale8< 7.1.5-r2
  • ffmpeg-8.0< 8.0.1-r2
Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:7.0.1-3
Fedoraproject1 product
Ffmpeg1 product
  • ffmpegEOL7.0 | 7.0.1 | 7.0.2 | 7.0.3 | 7.1 | 7.1:dev | 7.1.1 | 7.1.2 | 7.1.3 | 7.2:dev | 8.0 | 8.0.1 | 8.1:dev
Ubuntu1 product
  • libavAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 15 products

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