CVE-2020-22037

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Published Jun 1, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

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:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-2818-1	ffmpeg security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4990-1	ffmpeg security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4998-1	ffmpeg security update
EUVD	EUVD-2020-14803	A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5167-1	FFmpeg vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-5472-1	FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.599% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00012.html
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8281
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

Weaknesses

CWE-401

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:51 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 1, 2021, 7:22 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:51 PM
Reserved: Aug 13, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:04 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 1, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:04 AM

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