CVE-2020-35965

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 4, 2021 at 01:07 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:14 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxFFMPEG

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

decode_frame in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg 4.3.1 has an out-of-bounds write because of errors in calculations of when to perform memset zero operations.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.3.1 ≤ v < 4.4
Affected range stops below 4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=26532
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00026.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-24
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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