CVE-2021-38114
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 4, 2021 at 08:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:01 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxFFMPEG
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
Description
libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7150f9575671f898382c370acae35f9087a30ba1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00018.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-252
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