vulnerability

FFmpeg: CVE-2020-22015: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 26, 2021
Added
Jun 4, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

ffmpeg-upgrade-4_3
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