CVE-2020-20450 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2020-20450?

CVE-2020-20450 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 25 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-20450?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2020-20450?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-20450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-20450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-GA15167, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-20450, GHSA-h7qc-wr5g-5r6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20450.