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CVE-2023-47470 (GCVE-0-2023-47470)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-16 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 21:09
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Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg before github commit 4565747056a11356210ed8edcecb920105e40b60 allows a remote attacker to achieve an out-of-array write, execute arbitrary code, and cause a denial of service (DoS) via the ref_pic_list_struct function in libavcodec/evc_ps.c
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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