CVE-2023-51795

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c:1789:52 component in showspectrumpic_request_frame

Published: 2024-04-19 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-51795 is rated Low Risk (38.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-51795

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.27% +0.21%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2024-04-20 0.04%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-51795

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.0 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.5 5.5 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-51795

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-51795

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2023-51795: 1 source package rows (ffmpeg); 15 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 15. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-51795
debian unimportant CVE-2023-51795 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ffmpeg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-51795
suse high CVE-2023-51795 severity important: SUSE including 48 source package names (ffmpeg, ffmpeg-4, …), 317 product×package rows across 19 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, … (19 product lines)): Known Not Affected 317. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51795/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-51795 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ffmpeg, libav), 19 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 8, DNE 7, needs-triage 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51795

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-51795

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.1:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:7.2:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:8.1:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 38 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 39 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 40 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-51795

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