CVE-2024-31585 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a Denial of Service in FFmpeg via crafted input due to an off-by-one error in the showspectrum filter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-31585?
CVE-2024-31585 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-193
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31585?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2024-31585?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-31585 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31585 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-31585, GHSA-vh9p-h4p4-q9vv, JLSEC-2025-127, OESA-2024-2155, OESA-2024-2202, OESA-2024-2204 and 1 more.