vulnerability
FFmpeg: CVE-2020-22037: Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference ('Memory Leak')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 1, 2021 | Jun 9, 2021 | Jun 4, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 1, 2021
Added
Jun 9, 2021
Modified
Jun 4, 2026
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c.
Solutions
ffmpeg-upgrade-2_8_18ffmpeg-upgrade-3_2_16ffmpeg-upgrade-3_4_9ffmpeg-upgrade-4_1_7ffmpeg-upgrade-4_2_5ffmpeg-upgrade-4_3_3ffmpeg-upgrade-4_4_1ffmpeg-upgrade-5_0
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