CVE-2020-20896
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 20, 2021 at 03:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFFMPEG
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An issue was discovered in function latm_write_packet in libavformat/latmenc.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts due to a Null pointer dereference.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/dd01947397b98e94c3f2a79d5820aaf4594f4d3bx_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8273CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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