What is CVE-2020-14212?

CVE-2020-14212 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-14212?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2020-14212

FFmpeg through 4.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in avio_get_str in libavformat/aviobuf.c because dnn_backend_native.c calls ff_dnn_load_model_native and a certain index check is omitted.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.017 (74.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ffmpeg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14212?: CVE-2020-14212 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-14212?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.