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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-22048

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.91%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.91%). 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 the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.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
0.91% probability · 60th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-401
Affected
ffmpeg/ffmpeg · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.91%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.