CVE-2020-13904
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CVE-2020-13904 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. FFmpeg 2.8 and 4.2.3 has a use-after-free via a crafted EXTINF duration in an m3u8 file because parse_playlist in libavformat/hls.c frees a pointer, and later that pointer is accessed in av_probe_input_format3 in libavformat/format.c.. EPSS estimates a 1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
FFmpeg 2.8 and 4.2.3 has a use-after-free via a crafted EXTINF duration in an m3u8 file because parse_playlist in libavformat/hls.c frees a pointer, and later that pointer is accessed in av_probe_input_format3 in libavformat/format.c.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ffmpeg | Ffmpeg | 2.8 |
| Ffmpeg | Ffmpeg | 4.2.3 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 20.04 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6959358683c7533f586c07a766acc5fe9544d8b2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-58Third Party Advisory
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8673Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4722Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6959358683c7533f586c07a766acc5fe9544d8b2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-58Third Party Advisory
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8673Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4722Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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