High severity · published Dec 16, 2022
CVE-2022-3109
An issue was discovered in the FFmpeg package, where vp3_decode_frame in libavcodec/vp3.c lacks check of the return value of av_malloc() and will cause a null pointer dereference,…
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the FFmpeg package, where vp3_decode_frame in libavcodec/vp3.c lacks check of the return value of av_malloc() and will cause a null pointer dereference, impacting availability.
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)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36 · source: NVD
FF
Ffmpeg · Ffmpeg
before 5.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3109
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3109
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153551
Patch
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/656cb0450aeb73b25d7d26980af342b37ac4c568
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00016.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KOMB6WRUC55VWV25IKJTV22KARBUGWGQ/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5394
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