CVE-2020-22044 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the url_open_dyn_buf_internal function in libavformat/aviobuf.c.

Published: 2021-06-01

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-2818-1	ffmpeg security update
EUVD	EUVD-2020-14810	A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the url_open_dyn_buf_internal function in libavformat/aviobuf.c.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5167-1	FFmpeg vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01039.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00012.html
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8295

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-06-01T20:02:03.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:51:09.500Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-22044

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-01T21:15:07.630

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:04:06.150

Link: CVE-2020-22044

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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