6.5

CVE-2020-22038: ffmpeg

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-22038DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22038
Published 01-06-2021Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-22038 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.01%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 01-06-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_v4l2_m2m_create_context function in v4l2_m2m.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.01% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.01%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (trac.ffmpeg.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:4.4-5
Ffmpeg1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm3 | < 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links