Memory Leak Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:4.3-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FFMPEG-5679337
  • published3 Jun 2021
  • disclosed1 Jun 2021

Introduced: 1 Jun 2021

CVE-2020-22044  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 ffmpeg to version 7:4.3-2 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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