Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-36616

Memory Safety in Ffmpeg 6.1.1

Memory Safety
Published
29 November 2024
Modified
03 June 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0056 43th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-36616 is a medium-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 43th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-190

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ffmpeg
ffmpeg
6.1.1

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require use of safe arithmetic, bounds checks, and testing that prevent integer overflows.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing in development can detect integer overflows before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and arithmetic checks that prevent integer overflows.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
degrades

Application security requirements include bounds checking and safe arithmetic to avoid overflow conditions.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
degrades

Secure architecture principles require defensive coding patterns that mitigate integer wraparound risks.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe integer operations and mandate overflow-safe constructs.

References