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TI-2020-14257 Aliases CVE-2020-22044GHSA-v3qg-g58h-8g4v

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the…

Priority LOW 31CWE-401Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-401.

Summary

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the url_open_dyn_buf_internal function in libavformat/aviobuf.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01039 64th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-22044
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v3qg-g58h-8g4v

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Sources

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