CVE-2020-22016
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2021 at 06:29 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:04 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxFFMPEG
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at libavcodec/get_bits.h when writing .mov files, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00018.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8183Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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