Vulnerability Database

317,019

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2023-51797

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libavfilter/avf_showwaves.c:722:24 in showwaves_filter_frame

  • Published: Apr 19, 2024
  • Updated: Nov 5, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2023-51797
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.0 7.0.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.0.1 7.0.1.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.0.2 7.0.2.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.0.3 7.0.3.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.1 7.1.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.1-dev 7.1-dev.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.1.1 7.1.1.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.1.2 7.1.2.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.1.3 7.1.3.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 7.2-dev 7.2-dev.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 8.0 8.0.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 8.0.1 8.0.1.x
ffmpeg / ffmpeg 8.1-dev 8.1-dev.x
fedoraproject / fedora 38 38.x
fedoraproject / fedora 39 39.x
fedoraproject / fedora 40 40.x