CVE-2020-22040 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Ffmpeg

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime8 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.69%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FfmpegDebian Ffmpeg
Timeline
PublishedJun 1
Latest updateOct 12

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 idue to a memory leak in the v_frame_alloc function in frame.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 7:4.3-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:4.3-2+3
▶Ubuntuffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm6+3
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg4.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2023-10-12
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OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-13
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GHSA
GHSA-3r7h-wxv5-qw3v: A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-22040: A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4↗2021-06-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2023-10-12
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Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-13
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Debian
CVE-2020-22040: ffmpeg - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 idue to a memory leak in ...↗2020
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