CVE-2020-22219
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFlac
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
PoC
Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.4.0
Affected range stops below 1.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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