CVE-2024-31585

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-193

Description

FFmpeg version n5.1 to n6.1 was discovered to contain an Off-by-one Error vulnerability in libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 38, 39, 40
FFmpeg: from 5.1 before 7.0 — fixed in 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FFmpeg 7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gist.github.com/1047524396/dc2c64ffe0c3934a6176bcd2c5cf5656
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/blobdiff/aec67d3d7d2895bfea61aa1358d9d8e956f8615c..ab0fdaedd1e7224f7e84ea22fcbfaa4ca75a6c06:/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/blobdiff/bf2d7b20ea1c7d15dcbaedd479f40295e5c83430..3061bf668feffc7c1f0b244205167b3b86da8015:/libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/3061bf668feffc7c1f0b244205167b3b86da8015
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/81df787b53eb5c6433731f6eaaf7f2a94d8a8c80
https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/ab0fdaedd1e7224f7e84ea22fcbfaa4ca75a6c06
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPETICRXUOGRIM4U3BCRTIKE3IZWCSBT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE3ASLH6QF2E5OVJI5VA3JSEPJFFFMNY/
https://gist.github.com/1047524396/dc2c64ffe0c3934a6176bcd2c5cf5656
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/81df787b53eb5c6433731f6eaaf7f2a94d8a8c80
https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/ab0fdaedd1e7224f7e84ea22fcbfaa4ca75a6c06

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