CVE-2020-20451 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Ffmpeg

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime6 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
FfmpegDebian FfmpegDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 25
Latest updateJun 13

Description

Denial of Service issue in FFmpeg 4.2 due to resource management errors via fftools/cmdutils.c.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:4.3-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:4.3-2+3
▶Ubuntuffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm4
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg4.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

Patches

Patch: trac.ffmpeg.org ↗Patch: trac.ffmpeg.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-13
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GHSA
GHSA-3w87-fgr4-8m86: Denial of Service issue in FFmpeg 4↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-20451: Denial of Service issue in FFmpeg 4↗2021-05-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-13
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Debian
CVE-2020-20451: ffmpeg - Denial of Service issue in FFmpeg 4.2 due to resource management errors via ffto...↗2020
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