CVE-2020-20896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in function latm_write_packet in libavformat/latmenc.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts due to a Null pointer dereference.

Published: 2021-09-20

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-13676	An issue was discovered in function latm_write_packet in libavformat/latmenc.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts due to a Null pointer dereference.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00237.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/dd01947397b98e94c3f2a79d5820aaf4594f4d3b
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8273

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0037}`	epss `{'score': 0.00502}`

Subscriptions

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-20T15:19:58.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:22:25.465Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-20896

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-20T16:15:09.167

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:12:17.603

Link: CVE-2020-20896

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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