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FFmpeg: CVE-2021-38114: Unchecked Return Value

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FFmpeg: CVE-2021-38114: Unchecked Return Value

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/04/2021
Created
08/14/2021
Added
08/13/2021
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_4

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