When was CVE-2023-51797 disclosed?

CVE-2023-51797 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 19, 2024, with the most recent update on January 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-51797 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-51797 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 11.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-51797?

CVE-2023-51797 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-51797?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-51797, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2023-51797

MEDIUMNVD 6.76.7—

6.7

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the libavfilter/avf_showwaves.c:722:24 in showwaves_filter_frame

CVSS v3: 6.7
EG Score: 6.7(medium)
EPSS: 11.9%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitrehttps://ffmpeg.org/
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPETICRXUOGRIM4U3BCRTIKE3IZWCSBT/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE3ASLH6QF2E5OVJI5VA3JSEPJFFFMNY/
cve@mitrehttps://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10756
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ffmpeg.org/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPETICRXUOGRIM4U3BCRTIKE3IZWCSBT/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE3ASLH6QF2E5OVJI5VA3JSEPJFFFMNY/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE3ASLH6QF2E5OVJI5VA3JSEPJFFFMNY/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10756

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