CVE-2021-38091 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_sobel in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

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-2021-24564	Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_sobel in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6449-1	FFmpeg vulnerabilities

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 0.00503.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/99f8d32129dd233d4eb2efa44678a0bc44869f23
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8263

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00485}`	epss `{'score': 0.00658}`

Subscriptions

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-20T15:20:01.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:30:09.106Z

Reserved: 2021-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38091

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-20T16:15:11.320

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:20.950

Link: CVE-2021-38091

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-190

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