CVE-2023-49501 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2023-49501?

CVE-2023-49501 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 19 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the config_eq_output function in the libavfilter/asrc_afirsrc.c:495:30 component.

Weakness: CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49501?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2023-49501?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-49501 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-49501 exists.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49501, GHSA-jfff-gxr9-9j6r, OESA-2024-2203, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49501.