CVE-2020-22042

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5472-1

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak is affected by: memory leak in the link_filter_inouts function in libavfilter/graphparser.c.

Se presenta una vulnerabilidad de Denegación de Servicio en FFmpeg versión 4.2, debido a una pérdida de memoria en la función link_filter_inouts de la biblioteca libavfilter/graphparser.c

It was discovered that FFmpeg would attempt to divide by zero when using Linear Predictive Coding or AAC codecs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-08-13 CVE Reserved
2021-06-01 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8267	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998	2021-11-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg"		Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg"				4.2 Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg" and version "4.2"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0"		-		Affected