CVE-2024-36616 — An integer overflow in the component /libavformat/westwood_vqa

An integer overflow in the component /libavformat/westwood_vqa.c of FFmpeg n6.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in the application via a crafted VQA file.

01What is this vulnerability?

An integer overflow in the component /libavformat/westwood_vqa.c of FFmpeg n6.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in the application via a crafted VQA file.

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

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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: 2024-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-12-02T17:41:37.389Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/86f73277bf014e2ce36dd2594f1e0fb8b3bd6661
• github.com — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n6.1.1/libavformat/westwood_vqa.c#L265
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/1047524396/ded3e1509d8296ec4a91817867d108e0