Vulnerability · Published Jun 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-22037
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the ffmpeg package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | ffmpeg | 4.4.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ffmpeg | 4.4.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ffmpeg | 4.4.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ffmpeg | 4.4.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ffmpeg | 4.4.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | ffmpeg4 | 4.4.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ffmpeg4 | 4.4.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ffmpeg4 | 4.4.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Debian:12 | ffmpeg | 7:4.4.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Debian:13 | ffmpeg | 7:4.4.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Debian:14 | ffmpeg | 7:4.4.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22037 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ffmpeg | 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-5472-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8281 x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-4990 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- DSA-4998 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211114 [SECURITY] [DLA 2818-1] ffmpeg security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST