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CVE-2020-22048

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the...

6.5 MediumFix available

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

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
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.91%Up 0.4 points since Jun 3, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

Record
CVE-2020-22048
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-401
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

Record
CVE-2020-22048
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-14814 No score

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

Record
EUVD-2020-14814
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qfqp-3r73-7wwq No score

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the...

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

Record
GHSA-qfqp-3r73-7wwq
Weakness
CWE-401
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

Record
CVE-2020-22048
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-07
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-22048 6.5

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22048
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2026-3287 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):

Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.1 via apng_do_inverse_blend in libavcodec/pngenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service(CVE-2020-21041)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabililty exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_frame at libavfilter/vf_bitplanenoise.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22023)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at the lagfun_frame16 function in libavfilter/vf_lagfun.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-22024)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_vertically_8 at libavfilter/vf_avgblur.c, which could cause a remote Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-22028)

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_w3fdif.c in filter16_complex_low, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22031)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c in gaussian_blur, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22032)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in get_block_row at libavfilter/vf_bm3d.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22035)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_intra at libavfilter/vf_bwdif.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22036)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 idue to a memory leak in the v_frame_alloc function in frame.c.(CVE-2020-22040)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the av_buffersrc_add_frame_flags function in buffersrc.(CVE-2020-22041)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.(CVE-2020-22048)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the config_input function in af_acrossover.c.(CVE-2020-22056)

decode_frame in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg 4.3.1 has an out-of-bounds write because of errors in calculations of when to perform memset zero operations.(CVE-2020-35965)

A heap-buffer-overflow write exists in jpeg2000dec FFmpeg which allows an attacker to potentially gain remote code execution or cause denial of service via the channel definition cdef atom of JPEG2000.(CVE-2025-9951)

Record
OESA-2026-3287
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-3288 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):

Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.1 via apng_do_inverse_blend in libavcodec/pngenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service(CVE-2020-21041)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabililty exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_frame at libavfilter/vf_bitplanenoise.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22023)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at the lagfun_frame16 function in libavfilter/vf_lagfun.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-22024)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_vertically_8 at libavfilter/vf_avgblur.c, which could cause a remote Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-22028)

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_w3fdif.c in filter16_complex_low, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22031)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c in gaussian_blur, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22032)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in get_block_row at libavfilter/vf_bm3d.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22035)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_intra at libavfilter/vf_bwdif.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22036)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 idue to a memory leak in the v_frame_alloc function in frame.c.(CVE-2020-22040)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the av_buffersrc_add_frame_flags function in buffersrc.(CVE-2020-22041)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.(CVE-2020-22048)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the config_input function in af_acrossover.c.(CVE-2020-22056)

decode_frame in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg 4.3.1 has an out-of-bounds write because of errors in calculations of when to perform memset zero operations.(CVE-2020-35965)

A heap-buffer-overflow write exists in jpeg2000dec FFmpeg which allows an attacker to potentially gain remote code execution or cause denial of service via the channel definition cdef atom of JPEG2000.(CVE-2025-9951)

Record
OESA-2026-3288
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-22048 6.5

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22048
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:2919-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-9721: Fix denial of service in the subtitle decoder in handle_open_brace from libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c (bsc#1129714).
  • CVE-2020-22046: Fix a denial of service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the avpriv_float_dsp_allocl function in libavutil/float_dsp.c (bsc#1186849).
  • CVE-2020-22048: Fix a denial of service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c (bsc#1186859).
  • CVE-2020-22049: Fix a denial of service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the wtvfile_open_sector function in wtvdec.c (bsc#1186861).
  • CVE-2020-22054: Fix a denial of service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the av_dict_set function in dict.c (bsc#1186863).
  • CVE-2020-21688: Fixed a heap-use-after-free in the av_freep function in libavutil/mem.c (bsc#1189348).
  • CVE-2020-21697: Fixed a heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c (bsc#1189350).
  • CVE-2021-38114: Fixed a not checked return value of the init_vlc function (bsc#1189142).
Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:2919-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:2919-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-9721: Fix denial of service in the subtitle decoder in handle_open_brace from libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c (bsc#1129714).
  • CVE-2020-22046: Fix a denial of service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the avpriv_float_dsp_allocl function in libavutil/float_dsp.c (bsc#1186849).
  • CVE-2020-22048: Fix a denial of service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c (bsc#1186859).
  • CVE-2020-22049: Fix a denial of service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the wtvfile_open_sector function in wtvdec.c (bsc#1186861).
  • CVE-2020-22054: Fix a denial of service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the av_dict_set function in dict.c (bsc#1186863).
  • CVE-2020-21688: Fixed a heap-use-after-free in the av_freep function in libavutil/mem.c (bsc#1189348).
  • CVE-2020-21697: Fixed a heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c (bsc#1189350).
  • CVE-2021-38114: Fixed a not checked return value of the init_vlc function (bsc#1189142).
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:2919-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:2929-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-9721: Fixed a denial of service in the subtitle decoder in handle_open_brace from libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c (bsc#1129714).
  • CVE-2020-22046: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the avpriv_float_dsp_allocl function in libavutil/float_dsp.c (bsc#1186849).
  • CVE-2020-22048: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get function in framepool.c (bsc#1186859).
  • CVE-2020-22049: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability caused by a memory leak in the wtvfile_open_sector function in wtvdec.c (bsc#1186861).
  • CVE-2020-22054: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the av_dict_set function in dict.c (bsc#1186863).
  • CVE-2020-13904: Fixed use-after-free via a crafted EXTINF duration in an m3u8 file (bsc#1172640).
  • CVE-2020-21041: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability via apng_do_inverse_blend in libavcodec/pngenc.c (bsc#1186406).
  • CVE-2019-17539: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c (bsc# 1154065).
  • CVE-2020-22026: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in config_input() at libavfilter/af_tremolo.c (bsc#1186583).
  • CVE-2020-22021: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in filter_edges function in libavfilter/vf_yadif.c (bsc#1186586).
  • CVE-2020-22020: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in build_diff_map() in libavfilter/vf_fieldmatch.c (bsc#1186587).
  • CVE-2020-22015: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in mov_write_video_tag() due to the out of bounds in libavformat/movenc.c (bsc#1186596).
  • CVE-2020-22016: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability at libavcodec/get_bits.h when writing .mov files (bsc#1186598).
  • CVE-2020-22017: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in ff_fill_rectangle() in libavfilter/drawutils.c (bsc#1186600).
  • CVE-2020-22022: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in filter_frame at libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c (bsc#1186603).
  • CVE-2020-22023: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in filter_frame at libavfilter/vf_bitplanenoise.c (bsc#1186604)
  • CVE-2020-22025: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in gaussian_blur at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c (bsc#1186605).
  • CVE-2020-22031: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability at libavfilter/vf_w3fdif.c in filter16_complex_low() (bsc#1186613).
  • CVE-2020-22032: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c in gaussian_blur() (bsc#1186614).
  • CVE-2020-22034: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability at libavfilter/vf_floodfill.c (bsc#1186616).
  • CVE-2020-20451: Fixed denial of service issue due to resource management errors via fftools/cmdutils.c (bsc#1186658).
  • CVE-2020-20448: Fixed divide by zero issue via libavcodec/ratecontrol.c (bsc#1186660).
  • CVE-2020-22038: Fixed denial of service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the ff_v4l2_m2m_create_context function in v4l2_m2m.c (bsc#1186757).
  • CVE-2020-22039: Fixed denial of service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the inavi_add_ientry function (bsc#1186758).
  • CVE-2020-22043: Fixed denial of service vulnerability due to a memory leak at the fifo_alloc_common function in libavutil/fifo.c (bsc#1186762).
  • CVE-2020-22044: Fixed denial of service vulnerability due to a memory leak in the url_open_dyn_buf_internal function in libavformat/aviobuf.c (bsc#1186763).
  • CVE-2020-22033,CVE-2020-22019: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability at libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c in convolution_y_8bit() and in convolution_y_10bit() in libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c (bsc#1186615, bsc#1186597).
  • CVE-2020-21688: Fixed a heap-use-after-free in the av_freep function in libavutil/mem.c (bsc#1189348).
  • CVE-2020-21697: Fixed a heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c (bsc#1189350).
  • CVE-2021-38114: Fixed a not checked return value of the init_vlc function (bsc#1189142).
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:2929-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
Debian:12
before 7:4.3-2
7:4.3-2
ffmpeg
Debian:13
before 7:4.3-2
7:4.3-2
ffmpeg
Debian:14
before 7:4.3-2
7:4.3-2
ffmpeg
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 7:3.2.16-1+deb9u1, plus listed versions
7:3.2.10-1~deb9u17:3.2.10-1~deb9u1~bpo8+17:3.2.11-1~deb9u17:3.2.12-1~deb9u17:3.2.14-1~deb9u1
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7:3.2.15-0+deb9u17:3.2.15-0+deb9u27:3.2.15-0+deb9u37:3.2.15-0+deb9u47:3.2.5-17:3.2.6-17:3.2.7-1~deb9u17:3.2.8-1~deb9u17:3.2.9-1~deb9u1
7:3.2.16-1+deb9u1
ffmpeg
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 4.2.4-46.oe2003sp4
4.2.4-46.oe2003sp4
ffmpeg
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 4.2.4-46.oe2203sp4
4.2.4-46.oe2203sp4
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 3.4.2-11.8.2
3.4.2-11.8.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 3.4.2-11.8.2
3.4.2-11.8.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 3.4.2-11.8.2
3.4.2-11.8.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 3.4.2-11.8.2
3.4.2-11.8.2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 3.4.2-11.8.2
3.4.2-11.8.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 3.4.2-11.8.2
3.4.2-11.8.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.0
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Manager Server 4.0
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6
From an advisory covering 31 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.34.2
3.4.2-4.34.2
ffmpeg
openSUSE:Leap 15.3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 3.4.2-11.8.2
3.4.2-11.8.2

History

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In short

CVE-2020-22048 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Ffmpeg, published June 2, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 7:4.3-2.

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