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CVE-2020-22042 json

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…

published 2021-06-01 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-14808

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ffmpeg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7:4.4-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22042

  • ffmpeg Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1
  • ffmpeg Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1
  • ffmpeg Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22042

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

  • ffmpeg SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +7 more 3.4.2-150000.4.44.1
  • ffmpeg SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP2, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 +3 more 3.4.2-11.14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0005-1SUSE-SU-2021:3293-1

  • ffmpeg openSUSE Leap 15.3 3.4.2-11.14.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2021:3293-1

  • ffmpeg Alpine 3.13 4.3.3-r0
  • ffmpeg Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +8 more 4.4-r0
  • ffmpeg4 Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21, Alpine 3.20 +4 more 4.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-22042

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • trac.ffmpeg.org https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8267 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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