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CVE-2020-22015 (GCVE-0-2020-22015)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-26 16:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 14:30
VLAI
Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in mov_write_video_tag due to the out of bounds in libavformat/movenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user obtain sensitive information, cause a Denial of Service, or execute arbitrary code.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8190 x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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