{"id":"USN-5167-1","summary":"ffmpeg vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly verify certain input when\nprocessing video and audio files. An attacker could possibly use this to send\nspecially crafted input to the application, force a division by zero, and\ncause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2020-20445, CVE-2020-20446,\nCVE-2020-20453, CVE-2020-20892)\n\nIt was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly perform certain bit shift and\nmemory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose\nsensitive information. (CVE-2020-20902)\n\nIt was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly perform memory management\noperations in various of its functions. An attacker could possibly use this\nissue to send specially crafted input to the application and cause a denial of\nservice (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21041,\nCVE-2020-20451, CVE-2020-21688, CVE-2020-21697, CVE-2020-22020,\nCVE-2020-22021, CVE-2020-22022, CVE-2020-22025, CVE-2020-22031,\nCVE-2020-22032, CVE-2020-22037, CVE-2020-22040, CVE-2020-22041,\nCVE-2020-22042, CVE-2020-22044)\n\nIt was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly perform memory management\noperations in various of its functions. An attacker could possibly use this\nissue to send specially crafted input to the application and cause a denial of\nservice (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-22016,\nCVE-2020-22046, CVE-2020-22049, CVE-2020-22054)\n\nIt was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly perform memory management\noperations in various of its functions. An attacker could possibly use this\nissue to send specially crafted input to the application and cause a denial of\nservice (application crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-35965)\n\nIt was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly handle data assigned to the tty\ndemuxer. An attacker could possibly use this issue to send specially crafted\ninput to the application and expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-3566)\n\nIt was discovered that FFmpeg did not perform checks on function return\nvalues when encoding and formatting input video and audio files. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (application crash)\nor execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-38114, CVE-2021-38171)\n\nIt was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly sanitize function returned data\nwhen calculating frame duration values. An attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause an assertion failure and then cause a denial of service\n(application crash). (CVE-2021-38291)\n","modified":"2026-04-27T16:19:01.039127652Z","published":"2022-06-13T16:13:57Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20445","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20446","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20451","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20453","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20892","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20902","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21041","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21688","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21697","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22016","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22020","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22021","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22022","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22025","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22031","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22032","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22037","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22040","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22041","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22042","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22044","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22046","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22049","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22054","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35965","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3566","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38114","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38171","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38291"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-20445","CVE-2020-20446","CVE-2020-20451","CVE-2020-20453","CVE-2020-20892","CVE-2020-20902","CVE-2020-21041","CVE-2020-21688","CVE-2020-21697","CVE-2020-22016","CVE-2020-22020","CVE-2020-22021","CVE-2020-22022","CVE-2020-22025","CVE-2020-22031","CVE-2020-22032","CVE-2020-22037","CVE-2020-22040","CVE-2020-22041","CVE-2020-22042","CVE-2020-22044","CVE-2020-22046","CVE-2020-22049","CVE-2020-22054","CVE-2020-35965","CVE-2021-3566","CVE-2021-38114","CVE-2021-38171","CVE-2021-38291","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20445","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20446","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20451","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20453","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20892","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20902","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21041","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21688","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21697","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22016","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22020","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22021","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22022","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22025","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22031","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22032","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22037","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22040","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22041","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22042","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22044","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22046","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22049","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22054","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35965","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3566","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38114","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38171","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38291"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5167-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20445"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20446"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20451"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20453"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20892"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20902"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21041"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21688"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21697"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22016"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22020"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22021"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22022"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22025"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22031"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22032"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22037"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22040"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22041"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22042"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22044"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22046"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22049"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22054"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35965"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3566"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38114"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38171"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38291"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ffmpeg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm4"}]}],"versions":["7:2.7.2-1build1","7:2.8.1-1ubuntu1","7:2.8.2-1ubuntu1","7:2.8.3-1","7:2.8.4-1","7:2.8.4-1ubuntu1","7:2.8.4-1ubuntu2","7:2.8.4-1ubuntu3","7:2.8.4-1ubuntu4","7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1","7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2","7:2.8.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","7:2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","7:2.8.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","7:2.8.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1","7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1","7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm1","7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm2","7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm4","binary_name":"ffmpeg"},{"binary_version":"7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm4","binary_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