CVE-2020-22037 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Ffmpeg

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime8 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
FfmpegDebian FfmpegDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 1
Latest updateJun 13

Description

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:4.4.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:4.3.3-0+deb11u1+3
▶Ubuntuffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+3
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg4.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-13
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OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-08
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GHSA
GHSA-2qp4-wwrv-gf4c: A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-22037: A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4↗2021-06-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-13
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Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-08
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Debian
CVE-2020-22037: ffmpeg - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in a...↗2020
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