What is CVE-2024-35368?

CVE-2024-35368 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-11-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-35368?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-35368 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Double Free in Ffmpeg

CVE-2024-35368

FFmpeg n7.0 is affected by a Double Free via the rkmpp_retrieve_frame function within libavcodec/rkmppdec.c.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

Published 2024-11-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Ffmpeg — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/4513300989502090c4fd6560544dce399a8cd53c (Patch)
github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n7.0/libavcodec/rkmppdec.c (Product)
gist.github.com/1047524396/7e6e47220ae2b2d2fb4611f0d8a31ec5 (Third Party Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35368?: CVE-2024-35368 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-35368?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-35368 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.