VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-22037
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.60%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.60% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- ffmpeg/ffmpeg · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8281Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8281Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.