FFmpeg n6.1.1 has an integer overflow vulnerability in the FFmpeg CAF decoder.

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

  - FFmpeg n6.1.1 has an integer overflow vulnerability in the FFmpeg CAF decoder. (CVE-2024-36617)

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

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 remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7188-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input, which could lead to an integer overflow.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service by crashing the application.

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
257475	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-36617	Nessus	Misc.	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
213545	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : FFmpeg vulnerability (USN-7188-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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