TI-2024-06537 Aliases CVE-2024-7055 GHSA-5gxm-744m-qfgp

FFmpeg pnmdec.c pnm_decode_frame heap-based overflow

LOW 33CWE-122Published 2024-08-06 · Updated 2025-11-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg up to 7.0.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function pnm_decode_frame in the library /libavcodec/pnmdec.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 7.0.2 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-273651.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01436 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	FFmpeg	7.0.0; 7.0.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

FFmpeg Vendor— Affected 7.0.0; 7.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg::::::::	before 4.3.8; 4.4 to before 4.4.5; 5.0 to before 5.1.6; 6.0 to before 6.1.2; 7.0 to before 7.0.2	Vulnerable	FFmpeg

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.3.8; 4.4 to before 4.4.5; 5.0 to before 5.1.6; 6.0 to before 6.1.2; 7.0 to before 7.0.2 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7055
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5gxm-744m-qfgp

References

TI-2025-19015 FFmpeg git-master before commit d5873b was discovered to contain a memory leak in the component libavutil/iamf.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-21238 FFmpeg 7.0 contains a heap-buffer-overflow at libavfilter/vf_tiltandshift.c:189:5 in copy_column. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2023-06050 Ffmpeg: null pointer dereference in ffmpeg hls parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-28420 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
TI-2023-27357 FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a heap-based buffer overflow via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
TI-2023-27044 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg version n6.1-3-g466799d4f5, allows a local… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0

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Sources

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