High severity · published Aug 11, 2023
CVE-2020-36138
An issue was discovered in decode_frame in libavcodec/tiff.c in FFmpeg version 4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS)
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in decode_frame in libavcodec/tiff.c in FFmpeg version 4.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
Ffmpeg · Ffmpeg
4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36138
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36138
Patch
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/292e41ce650a7b5ca5de4ae87fff0d6a90d9fc97
Patch
https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2020-November/272001.html
Patch
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8960
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