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CVE-2020-15395 json

In MediaInfoLib in MediaArea MediaInfo 20.03, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in Streams_Fill_PerStream in Multiple/File_MpegPs.cpp…

published 2020-06-30 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-7389

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In MediaInfoLib in MediaArea MediaInfo 20.03, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in Streams_Fill_PerStream in Multiple/File_MpegPs.cpp (aka an off-by-one during MpegPs parsing).

Patch / fix

  • libmediainfo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 20.09+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15395

  • libmediainfo Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 17.12-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • libmediainfo Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 19.09+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15395

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-15395 updated cvss 4.0

mediainfo: Buffer overflow vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/mediainfo/bugs/1127/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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