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CVE-2023-50008VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2023-50008: n/a

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 31% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Apr 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2023-50008, European organizations should: 1) Identify and inventory all instances of FFmpeg in their environment, including embedded versions within third-party applications. 2) Monitor official FFmpeg channels and security advisories for patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available. 3) Restrict local access to systems running FFmpeg to trusted users only, minimizing the risk of exploitation by unprivileged attackers. 4) Implement resource limits and monitoring on processes utilizing FFmpeg to detect and prevent abnormal memory consumption patterns indicative of exploitation attempts. 5) Where feasible, isolate media processing workloads in sandboxed or containerized environments to limit the impact of potential exploitation. 6) Conduct security testing and code review of custom applications integrating FFmpeg to ensure safe usage of the colorcorrect filter and related functions. 7) Employ intrusion detection systems and endpoint protection tools capable of identifying anomalous behavior related to memory exhaustion or process crashes linked to FFmpeg.

Description

FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows memory consumption when using the colorcorrect filter, in the av_malloc function in libavutil/mem.c:105:9 component.

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