CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-36138

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 11, 2023 | Modified: Aug 16, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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).

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.3 (including) 4.3 (including)
Ffmpeg Ubuntu bionic *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu trusty *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References