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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2020-22016

High
8.8/10

Summary

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.3-dev before 4.3, 4.2-dev before 4.2.2, before 4.1.5 at libavcodec/get_bits.h when writing .mov files, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.

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

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published