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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00012.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8281	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-06-01 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:28

NVD link : CVE-2020-22037

Mitre link : CVE-2020-22037

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-22037

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Products Affected

ffmpeg

ffmpeg

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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