CVE-2024-36616 Affecting libswscale4 package, versions <3.4.2-150200.11.64.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-LIBSWSCALE4-10774266
  • published18 Jul 2025
  • disclosed17 Jul 2025

Introduced: 17 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2024-36616  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 libswscale4 to version 3.4.2-150200.11.64.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libswscale4 package and not the libswscale4 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer overflow in the component /libavformat/westwood_vqa.c of FFmpeg n6.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service in the application via a crafted VQA file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1