Is CVE-2023-50008 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-50008 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-50008?

CVE-2023-50008 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-50008?

CVE-2023-50008 has an EPSS score of 0.38% (30th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-50008?

Upgrade ffmpeg on debian 12 to 7:5.1.7-0+deb12u1 or later. Fixes are available for 48 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-50008

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows memory consumption when using the colorcorrect filter, in the av_malloc function in libavutil/mem.c:105:9 component.

CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

ffmpegDebian

Fixed in:7:5.1.7-0+deb12u1CVE-2023-50008

Fixed in:7:7.0.1-3CVE-2023-50008

ffmpegUbuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libavcodec-extra57Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavcodec-extra58Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavcodec-extra60Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libavcodec-ffmpeg56Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libavcodec57Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavcodec58Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavcodec60Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libavdevice-ffmpeg56Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libavdevice57Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavdevice58Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavdevice60Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libavfilter-extra6Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavfilter-extra7Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavfilter-extra9Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libavfilter-ffmpeg5Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libavfilter6Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavfilter7Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavfilter9Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libavformat-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavformat-extra58Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavformat-extra60Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libavformat-ffmpeg56Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libavformat57Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavformat58Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavformat60Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libavresample-ffmpeg2Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libavresample3Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavresample4Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavutil-ffmpeg54Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libavutil55Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libavutil56Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libavutil58Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libpostproc-ffmpeg53Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libpostproc54Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libpostproc55Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libpostproc57Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libswresample-ffmpeg1Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libswresample2Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libswresample3Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libswresample4Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

libswscale-ffmpeg3Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7USN-6803-1

libswscale4Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

libswscale5Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4USN-6803-1

libswscale7Ubuntu

Fixed in:7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1USN-6803-1

Fixed in:7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1USN-6803-1

FFmpegWindows application

Affected:6.1 7.0Fixed in:7.0Gyan

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

trac.ffmpeg.org

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2014-0195	Medium	6.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7269	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-11043	High	8.7	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-4862	High	10.0	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-5659	High	7.8	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-3786	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix

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