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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2022-3109

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in the FFmpeg package versions prior to 5.1, where "vp3_decode_frame" in "libavcodec/vp3.c" lacks check of the return value of "av_malloc()" and will cause a NULL Pointer Dereference, impacting availability.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • 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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  • Published