CVE-2024-31582 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2024-31582?

CVE-2024-31582 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

FFmpeg version n6.1 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the draw_block_rectangle function of libavfilter/vf_codecview.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause undefined behavior or a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted input.

Weakness: CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31582?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2024-31582?

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-2024-31582 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-31582, GHSA-8g7x-vrfh-74fj, JLSEC-2025-126, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-31582.