CVE-2021-38114 (GCVE-0-2021-38114)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-04 20:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:30
VLAI
Summary
libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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