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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2023-51796

Low
3.6/10

Summary

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the "libavfilter/f_reverse.c:269:26" in "areverse_request_frame". This issue affects 5.0 through 5.1.4, 5.2-dev through 6.1-dev, and 6.2-dev.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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  • Published