CVE-2023-51796 [Low] | Memory Corruption in Ffmpeg

CVE-2023-51796 is rated Low Risk (20.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.02%	0.25%	+0.22%
2	2025-11-21	0.07%	0.02%	-0.04%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.07%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.02%

0.25%

+0.22%

2025-11-21

0.07%

0.02%

-0.04%

2025-11-18

—

0.07%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
3.6	3.1	LOW	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N` 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:H) Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. 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:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.0	2.5	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

3.6

3.1

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N 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:H): Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.0

2.5

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-51796

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	—	CVE-2023-51796: 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-2023-51796
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2023-51796 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-2023-51796
`suse`	high	CVE-2023-51796 severity important: SUSE including 74 source package names (ffmpeg, ffmpeg-4, …), 343 product×package rows across 20 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, … (20 product lines)): Known Not Affected 317, Fixed 26.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51796/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2023-51796 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-2023-51796

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-51796

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-2023-51796

URL	Tags
https://ffmpeg.org/	Product
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPETICRXUOGRIM4U3BCRTIKE3IZWCSBT/	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE3ASLH6QF2E5OVJI5VA3JSEPJFFFMNY/	Mailing List
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10753	Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LE3ASLH6QF2E5OVJI5VA3JSEPJFFFMNY/	Mailing List

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CVE-2023-51796

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-51796

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-51796

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-51796

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-51796

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-51796

References for CVE-2023-51796