Divide By Zero Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <4.4.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-FFMPEG-8483997
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed25 May 2021

Introduced: 25 May 2021

CVE-2020-20446  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 ffmpeg to version 4.4.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/aacpsy.c, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1