CVE-2021-38114

MEDIUM

FFmpeg 4.4 - Unchecked Return Value in dnxhddec.c init_vlc

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0102
EPSS Percentile 58.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-252
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 4.4
Published Aug 04, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026