CVE-2024-36616

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.

Published: 2024-11-29 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-36616 is rated Moderate Risk (40.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-36616

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 2026-06-24 0.54% 0.56% +0.02%
2 2026-06-15 0.09% 0.54% +0.46%
3 2026-01-07 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-36616

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-36616

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-36616

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-36616: 1 source package rows (ffmpeg); 11 state rows across 1 repos (edge-community); fixed 0, open 11. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-36616
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-36616 not yet assigned 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-2024-36616
suse medium CVE-2024-36616 severity moderate: SUSE including 140 source package names (0.3.2-1.2:libavcodec58_134-4.4.6-150600.13.27.1, 0.3.2-1.2:libavformat58_76-4.4.6-150600.13.27.1, …), 244 product×package rows across 14 product lines (Container containers/lmcache-vllm-openai, Container containers/open-webui, … (14 product lines)): Fixed 244. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36616/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-36616 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ffmpeg, libav), 17 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, released 6, not-affected 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-36616

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ffmpeg ffmpeg 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-36616

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