CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-21697

Use After Free

Published: Aug 10, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted avi file.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.2 (including) 4.2 (including)
Ffmpeg Ubuntu bionic *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu focal *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu hirsute *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu trusty *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu upstream *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu xenial *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu bionic *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu focal *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu hirsute *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu impish *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu kinetic *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu lunar *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu mantic *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu oracular *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu trusty *
Qtwebengine-opensource-src Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References