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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2020-20896

High
8.8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in function latm_write_packet in libavformat/latmenc.c in Ffmpeg before 4.3, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts due to a Null pointer dereference.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published