CVE-2024-36616

Publication date 29 November 2024

Last updated 13 February 2025

Ubuntu priority

An integer overflow in the component /libavformat/westwood_vqa.c of FFmpeg n6.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in the application via a crafted VQA file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ffmpeg	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
libav	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

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Notes

hlibk

Vulnerable code introduced in version 0.11

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
ffmpeg	Upstream: 86f7327

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36616
https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/86f73277bf014e2ce36dd2594f1e0fb8b3bd6661 (n7.0)
https://gist.github.com/1047524396/ded3e1509d8296ec4a91817867d108e0
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n6.1.1/libavformat/westwood_vqa.c#L265
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/98ca4d217d32e86fc19bfd9c26618292d58da0d2