CVE-2020-22038 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Ffmpeg

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime8 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FfmpegDebian Ffmpeg
Timeline
PublishedJun 1
Latest updateNov 15

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_v4l2_m2m_create_context function in v4l2_m2m.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 7:4.4-5 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:4.4-5+2
▶Ubuntuffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm4+5
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg4.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ffmpeg regression↗2023-11-15
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OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2023-10-24
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GHSA
GHSA-g2j2-mm6j-gv6r: A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-22038: A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4↗2021-06-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
FFmpeg regression↗2023-11-15
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Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2023-10-24
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Debian
CVE-2020-22038: ffmpeg - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in t...↗2020
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