Vulnerability · Published May 25, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-20448

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the ffmpeg package (Debian). 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 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

FFmpeg 4.1.3 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/ratecontrol.c, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12ffmpeg7:4.3-2DEBIAN-CVE-2020-20448
Debian:13ffmpeg7:4.3-2DEBIAN-CVE-2020-20448
Debian:14ffmpeg7:4.3-2DEBIAN-CVE-2020-20448

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References