PT-2023-11808 · FFmpeg · Ffmpeg

Published 2023-08-11 · Updated 2023-08-16 · CVE-2020-36138

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FFmpeg version 4.3

Description An issue was discovered in decode frame in libavcodec/tiff.c, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS).

Recommendations For FFmpeg version 4.3, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of a denial of service (DoS) attack. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the libavcodec/tiff.c module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36138

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

References · 10

• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/292e41ce650a7b5ca5de4ae87fff0d6a90d9fc97 · Patch
• https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2020-November/272001.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8960 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36138 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36138 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68370 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1690264310033924096 · Twitter Post