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FFmpeg: CVE-2020-21697: Use After Free

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FFmpeg: CVE-2020-21697: Use After Free

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/10/2021
Created
08/20/2021
Added
08/19/2021
Modified
11/26/2021

Description

A heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted avi file.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_3_2

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