CVE-2020-22040 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in FFmpeg's frame allocation allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-22040?
CVE-2020-22040 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 1 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 idue to a memory leak in the v_frame_alloc function in frame.c.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-22040?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2020-22040?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-22040 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-22040 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22040, GHSA-3r7h-wxv5-qw3v, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22040.