CVE-2023-50009 — FFmpeg v

FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a heap-based buffer overflow via the ff_gaussian_blur_8 function in libavfilter/edge_template.c:116:5 component.

01What is this vulnerability?

FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a heap-based buffer overflow via the ff_gaussian_blur_8 function in libavfilter/edge_template.c:116:5 component.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-06-09T15:32:00.878Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
• trac.ffmpeg.org — https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10699
• ffmpeg.org — https://ffmpeg.org/
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]…
• github.com — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/162b4c60c8f72be2e93b759f3b1e14652b70b3ba
• github.com — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/c443658d26d2b8e19901f9507a890e0efca79056