CVE-2020-22017
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2021 at 06:27 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 1%
Description
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at ff_fill_rectangle in libavfilter/drawutils.c, 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)
x_refsource_MISCTechnical Description
Source: [email protected]
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8309Vendor 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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