Vulnerability · Published Jun 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-22042
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 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.3% 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 is affected by: memory leak in the link_filter_inouts function in libavfilter/graphparser.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | ffmpeg | 4.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ffmpeg | 4.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ffmpeg | 4.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ffmpeg | 4.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ffmpeg | 4.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | ffmpeg4 | 4.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ffmpeg4 | 4.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ffmpeg4 | 4.4-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Debian:12 | ffmpeg | 7:4.4-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Debian:13 | ffmpeg | 7:4.4-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22042 |
| Debian:14 | ffmpeg | 7:4.4-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22042 |
| 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/8267 x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-4998 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN