#VU83854 Memory leak in FFmpeg - CVE-2020-22043

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#VU83854 Memory leak in FFmpeg - CVE-2020-22043

Published: December 5, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83854
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-22043
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FFmpeg
Software vendor:
ffmpeg.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the fifo_alloc_common function in libavutil/fifo.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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