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CVE-2020-20453

Published: 25 May 2021

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/aaccoder, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ffmpeg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1)
focal
Released (7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish
Released (7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(7:4.4.1-3ubuntu2)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.4.1)
xenial
Released (7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Patches:
upstream: https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=a7a7f32c8ad0179a1a85d0a8cff35924e6d90be8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H