High
Security advisory
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c:1789:52 component in showspectrumpic_request_frame
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- CVEs
- CVE-2023-51795
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- 4 Nov 2026, 04:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libavfilter/avf_showspectrum.c:1789:52 component in showspectrumpic_request_frame
osv:CVE-2023-51795
Complete source record
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