CVE-2020-21688

HIGH

FFmpeg 4.2 - Use-After-Free in av_freep Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A heap-use-after-free in the av_freep function in libavutil/mem.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8186
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 53.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 4.2
Published Aug 10, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026