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Unchecked Return Value

CVE-2021-38114

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

"libavcodec/dnxhddec.c" in FFmpeg prior to 4.1.7, 4.2.x prior to 4.2.5, 4.3-dev and above does not check the return value of the "init_vlc" function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value

The software does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published