What is CVE-2024-32228?

CVE-2024-32228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2024-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-32228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2024-32228

FFmpeg 7.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. There is a SEGV at libavcodec/hevcdec.c:2947:22 in hevc_frame_end.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-07-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Ffmpeg — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10951 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-32228?: CVE-2024-32228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2024-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-32228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.