CVE-2021-38114 — Unchecked Return Value in Ffmpeg

CWE-252 — Unchecked Return Value8 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.3OSV6.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
FfmpegDebian FfmpegDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 4
Latest updateJun 13

Description

libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | 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/ffmpeg4.4

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-13
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OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2022-06-08
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GHSA
GHSA-97g5-wwgm-hp9g: libavcodec/dnxhddec↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-38114: libavcodec/dnxhddec↗2021-08-04
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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-2021-38114: ffmpeg - libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_...↗2021
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