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CVE-2020-22040 json

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 idue to a memory leak in the v_frame_alloc function in frame.c.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-14806

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 idue to a memory leak in the v_frame_alloc function in frame.c.

Patch / fix

  • ffmpeg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7:4.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22040

  • ffmpeg Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm3
  • ffmpeg Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm2
  • ffmpeg Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22040

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • trac.ffmpeg.org https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8283 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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