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.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7823-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-35365)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain integer calculations. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-35366)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg may perform an out-of-bounds read under certain circumstances. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-35367)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-35368)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain inputs, which could lead to an integer     overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2024-36613, CVE-2024-36616, CVE-2024-36618)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain inputs, which could lead to an integer     overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary     code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-36619)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory operations. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-7055)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02381-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-36618: Fixed integer overflow iff ULONG_MAX < INT64_MAX (bsc#1234020).

    New CVE references, fixed in previous release:

    - CVE-2024-36617: avformat/cafdec: dont seek beyond 64bit (bsc#1234019).
    - CVE-2024-36616: avformat/westwood_vqa: Fix 2g packets (bsc#1234018).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02352-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2022-1475: Fixed integer overflow in g729_parse() in llibavcodec/g729_parser.c (bsc#1198898).
    - CVE-2024-36616: Fixed integer overflow in the component libavformat/westwood_vqa.c (bsc#1234018).
    - CVE-2024-36617: Fixed integer overflow vulnerability in the FFmpeg CAF decoder (bsc#1234019).
    - CVE-2024-36618: Fixed vulnerability in the AVI demuxer of the libavformat library (bsc#1234020).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2024-36616)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
270676	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : FFmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-7823-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
242367	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ffmpeg-4 (SUSE-SU-2025:02381-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
242305	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ffmpeg (SUSE-SU-2025:02352-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
228412	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-36616	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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