High severity · published May 26, 2021
CVE-2020-22015
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in mov_write_video_tag due to the out of bounds in libavformat/movenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user obtain sensitive…
8.8
CVSS
3.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in mov_write_video_tag due to the out of bounds in libavformat/movenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user obtain sensitive information, cause a Denial of Service, or execute arbitrary code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.6% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FF
Ffmpeg · Ffmpeg
4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22015
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-22015
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00018.html
Exploit
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8190
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990
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