CVE-2024-36619

Publication date 29 November 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

FFmpeg n6.1.1 has a vulnerability in the WAVARC decoder of the libavcodec library which allows for an integer overflow when handling certain block types, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libav	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.10 oracular	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation
ffmpeg	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needed
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected

Notes

hlibk

Vulnerable code seems to have been introduced in version 6.1

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
ffmpeg	Upstream: 28c7094

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L