CVE-2020-22027
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter...
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.8
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
- Record
CVE-2020-22027- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
- Record
CVE-2020-22027- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-14793 No score
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
- Record
EUVD-2020-14793- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g87g-7w26-c3c3 No score
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter...
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
- Record
GHSA-g87g-7w26-c3c3- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.8
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
- Record
CVE-2020-22027- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-07
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-22027
8.8
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22027- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2026-2663
8.8
ffmpeg security update
FFmpeg is a complete and free Internet live audio and video broadcasting solution for Linux/Unix. It also includes a digital VCR. It can encode in real time in many formats including MPEG1 audio and video, MPEG4, h263, ac3, asf, avi, real, mjpeg, and flash.
Security Fix(es):
FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/lpc.h, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-20445)
FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/aacpsy.c, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-20446)
FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/aaccoder, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service(CVE-2020-20453)
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in mov_write_video_tag due to the out of bounds in libavformat/movenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user obtain sensitive information, cause a Denial of Service, or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2020-22015)
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22027)
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_floodfill.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22034)
When calculating the content path in handling of MPEG-DASH manifests, there's an out-of-bounds NUL-byte write one byte past the end of the buffer.When we call xmlNodeGetContent below [0], it returns a buffer precisely allocated to match the string length, using strdup internally. If this buffer is not an empty string, it is assigned to root_url at [1].If the last (non-NUL) byte in this buffer is not '/' then we append '/' in-place at [2]. This will write two bytes into the buffer, starting at the last valid byte in the buffer, writing the NUL byte beyond the end of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading to version 8.0 or beyond.(CVE-2025-59728)
- Record
OESA-2026-2663- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2664
8.8
ffmpeg security update
FFmpeg is a complete and free Internet live audio and video broadcasting solution for Linux/Unix. It also includes a digital VCR. It can encode in real time in many formats including MPEG1 audio and video, MPEG4, h263, ac3, asf, avi, real, mjpeg, and flash.
Security Fix(es):
FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/lpc.h, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-20445)
FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/aacpsy.c, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-20446)
FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-20450)
FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/aaccoder, which allows a remote malicious user to cause a Denial of Service(CVE-2020-20453)
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in mov_write_video_tag due to the out of bounds in libavformat/movenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user obtain sensitive information, cause a Denial of Service, or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2020-22015)
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_frame at libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22022)
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22027)
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_floodfill.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22034)
When calculating the content path in handling of MPEG-DASH manifests, there's an out-of-bounds NUL-byte write one byte past the end of the buffer.When we call xmlNodeGetContent below [0], it returns a buffer precisely allocated to match the string length, using strdup internally. If this buffer is not an empty string, it is assigned to root_url at [1].If the last (non-NUL) byte in this buffer is not '/' then we append '/' in-place at [2]. This will write two bytes into the buffer, starting at the last valid byte in the buffer, writing the NUL byte beyond the end of the allocated buffer. We recommend upgrading to version 8.0 or beyond.(CVE-2025-59728)
- Record
OESA-2026-2664- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-22027
8.8
A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in FFmpeg 4.2 in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22027- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:3114-1 No score
Security update for ffmpeg
This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2020-22027: Fixed heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exits in deflate16 at libavfilter/vf_neighbor.c (bsc#1186607)
- CVE-2021-38291: Fixed an assertion failure at src/libavutil/mathematics.c (bsc#1189428)
- CVE-2023-51798: Fixed floating point exception(FPE) via the interpolate function (bsc#1223304)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:3114-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5472-1 No score
ffmpeg vulnerabilities
It was discovered that FFmpeg would attempt to divide by zero when using Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) or AAC codecs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-20445, CVE-2020-20446, CVE-2020-20453)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-20450)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled file conversion to APNG format. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21041)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled remuxing RTP-hint tracks. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21688)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted AVI files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21697)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled writing MOV video tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22015)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled writing MOV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue affected only Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22016)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22017, CVE-2020-22020, CVE-2020-22022, CVE-2020-22023, CVE-2022-22025, CVE-2020-22026, CVE-2020-22028, CVE-2020-22031, CVE-2020-22032, CVE-2020-22034, CVE-2020-22036, CVE-2020-22042)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22019, CVE-2020-22021, CVE-2020-22033)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22027, CVE-2020-22029, CVE-2020-22030, CVE-2020-22035)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted JPEG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22037)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly performed calculations in EXR codec. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35965)
It was discovered that FFmpeg did not verify return values of functions init_vlc and init_get_bits. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-38114, CVE-2021-38171)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1475)
- Record
USN-5472-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ffmpegDebian:12 |
before 7:4.3-2 | 7:4.3-2 |
ffmpegDebian:13 |
before 7:4.3-2 | 7:4.3-2 |
ffmpegDebian:14 |
before 7:4.3-2 | 7:4.3-2 |
ffmpegDebian:10 From an advisory covering 31 CVEs |
before 7:4.1.8-0+deb10u1, plus listed versions 7:4.1.3-17:4.1.4-17:4.1.4-1~deb10u17:4.1.6-1~deb10u1 |
7:4.1.8-0+deb10u1 |
ffmpegopenEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.2.4-38.oe2003sp4 | 4.2.4-38.oe2003sp4 |
ffmpegopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 4.2.4-38.oe2203sp4 | 4.2.4-38.oe2203sp4 |
ffmpegSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 | 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 |
ffmpegSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 | 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 |
ffmpegSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 | 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 |
ffmpegSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 | 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ffmpegSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 | 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 |
ffmpegSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 | 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 |
ffmpegopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 | 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 |
ffmpegopenSUSE:Leap 15.6 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 | 3.4.2-150200.11.57.1 |
ffmpegUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
before 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 7:4.1.4-1build27:4.2.1-27:4.2.1-2ubuntu17:4.2.2-1build17:4.2.2-1ubuntu17:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 |
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1 |
ffmpegUbuntu:18.04:LTS From an advisory covering 34 CVEs |
before 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 7:3.3.4-27:3.3.4-2build37:3.4-2ubuntu27:3.4-47:3.4-4build1 Show 8 moreShow less7:3.4.1-17:3.4.1-1build17:3.4.2-17:3.4.2-1build17:3.4.2-27:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2 |
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1 |
ffmpegUbuntu:20.04:LTS From an advisory covering 34 CVEs |
before 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 7:4.1.4-1build27:4.2.1-27:4.2.1-2ubuntu17:4.2.2-1build17:4.2.2-1ubuntu17:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 |
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1 |
ffmpegUbuntu:22.04:LTS From an advisory covering 34 CVEs |
before 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, plus listed versions 7:4.4-6ubuntu57:4.4.1-2ubuntu17:4.4.1-3ubuntu17:4.4.1-3ubuntu27:4.4.1-3ubuntu37:4.4.1-3ubuntu5 |
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-22027 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ffmpeg, published May 27, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.53%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 7:4.3-2.
References
trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8242
trac.ffmpeg.org/attachment/ticket/8242/gdb-vf_neighbor_191
debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22027
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g87g-7w26-c3c3
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22027
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openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2026-2663
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-20445
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-20446
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-20453
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22015
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22034
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59728
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2026-2664
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-20450
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22022
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243114-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1186607
bugzilla.suse.com/1189428
bugzilla.suse.com/1223304
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-22027
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38291
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-51798
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22027
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5472-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-22027
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20445
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20446
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20450
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20453
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21041
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21688
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21697
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22015
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22016
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22017
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22019
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22020
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22021
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22022
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22023
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22025
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22026
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22028
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22029
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22030
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22031
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22032
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22033
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22034
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22035
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22036
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22037
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22042
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35965
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38114
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38171
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38291
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1475