What is CVE-2024-36617?

CVE-2024-36617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-11-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-36617?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-36617 known to be exploited?

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

Integer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2024-36617

FFmpeg n6.1.1 has an integer overflow vulnerability in the FFmpeg CAF decoder.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.8% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Public proof-of-concept exploits

akaganeite/CVE4PP

References

github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/d973fcbcc2f944752ff10e6a76b0b2d9329937a7 (Patch)
github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n6.1.1/libavformat/cafdec.c (Product)
gist.github.com/1047524396/f20749f8addc8f86de9cfacf17ba29df (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36617?: CVE-2024-36617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-36617?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-36617 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.