CVE-2022-3341 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Ffmpeg

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
FfmpegDebian FfmpegDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJan 12
Latest updateOct 8

Description

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec.c file. The flaw occurs because the function lacks check of the return value of avformat_new_stream() and triggers the null pointer dereference error, causing an application to crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg< 5.0.3
▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:5.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:4.3.6-0+deb11u1+3
▶Ubuntuffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5+3
▶CVEListV5ffmpeg/ffmpegFixed-in ffmpeg 5.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2023-03-16
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OSV
CVE-2022-3341: A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec↗2023-01-12
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GHSA
GHSA-wp84-qf9p-3vp8: A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec↗2023-01-12
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GHSA
Cross-site Scripting in Prism↗2022-02-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2023-03-16
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Debian
CVE-2022-3341: ffmpeg - A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_heade...↗2022
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Data Quality Issues in Vulnerability Detection Datasets↗2024-10-08
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