What is CVE-2020-22024?

CVE-2020-22024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-22024?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2020-22024

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at the lagfun_frame16 function in libavfilter/vf_lagfun.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause Denial of Service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ffmpeg — versions 4.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-22024?: CVE-2020-22024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-22024?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.