5.3

CVE-2022-3341: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesMGASA-2023-0043SUSE-SU-2023:0172-1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3341
Published 12-01-2023Last modified 08-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3341 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.82%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 12-01-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec.c file. The flaw occurs because the function lacks check of the return value of avformat_new_stream() and triggers the null pointer dereference error, causing an application to crash.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

57%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.82% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.82%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard4 products
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-4.4.4All versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-5.0.3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-6.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Suse3 products
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4< 4.4-150400.3.11.1
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4< 4.4-150400.3.11.1
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4< 4.4-150400.3.11.1
Debian2 products
Opensuse2 products
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 4.4-150400.3.11.1
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.4.3-4.1
Ffmpeg1 product
Mageia1 product
  • ffmpeg< 4.3.5-1.2.mga8 | < 4.3.5-1.2.mga8.tainted
Ubuntu1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5 | < 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1

7 vendors · 14 products

References

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