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CVE-2020-20450

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c,...

7.5 HighFix available

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.08%Up 0.6 points since May 26, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Record
CVE-2020-20450
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Record
CVE-2020-20450
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-13237 No score

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Record
EUVD-2020-13237
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h7qc-wr5g-5r6r No score

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c,...

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Record
GHSA-h7qc-wr5g-5r6r
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2020-20450 7.5

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2020-20450
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 7.5

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Record
CVE-2020-20450
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-07
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-20450 7.5

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-20450
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2595 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 null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.(CVE-2020-20450)

Denial of Service issue in FFmpeg 4.2 due to resource management errors via fftools/cmdutils.c.(CVE-2020-20451)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at ff_fill_rectangle in libavfilter/drawutils.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22017)

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 exists in gaussian_blur at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22025)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_colorconstancy.c: in slice_get_derivative, which crossfade_samples_fltp, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22029)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/af_afade.c in crossfade_samples_fltp, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.(CVE-2020-22030)

Record
OESA-2026-2595
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-2026-2664 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 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-2020-20450 7.5

FFmpeg 4.2 is affected by null pointer dereference passed as argument to libavformat/aviobuf.c, which could cause a Denial of Service.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20450
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2021-0495 No score

Updated ffmpeg packages fix security vulnerability

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 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)

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)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at convolution_y_10bit in libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22019)

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at filter_edges function in libavfilter/vf_yadif.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22021)

A heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c in convolution_y_8bit, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22033)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c. (CVE-2020-22037)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_v4l2_m2m_create_context function in v4l2_m2m.c. (CVE-2020-22038)

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak is affected by: memory leak in the link_filter_inouts function in libavfilter/graphparser.c. (CVE-2020-22042)

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. (CVE-2021-38114)

adts_decode_extradata in libavformat/adtsenc.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the init_get_bits return value, which is a necessary step because the second argument to init_get_bits can be crafted. (CVE-2021-38171)

FFmpeg version (git commit de8e6e67e7523e48bb27ac224a0b446df05e1640) suffers from a an assertion failure at src/libavutil/mathematics.c. (CVE-2021-38291)

Record
MGASA-2021-0495
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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.13
before 4.3.3-r0
4.3.3-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.14
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.15
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.16
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.17
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.18
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.19
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.20
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.21
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.22
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.23
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.24
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.16
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.17
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.18
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.19
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.20
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.21
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.22
before 4.4-r0
4.4-r0
ffmpeg
Debian:12
before 7:4.4-5
7:4.4-5
ffmpeg
Debian:13
before 7:4.4-5
7:4.4-5
ffmpeg
Debian:14
before 7:4.4-5
7:4.4-5
ffmpeg
Debian:11
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 7:4.3.3-0+deb11u1, plus listed versions
7:4.3.2-0+deb11u27:4.3.2-17:4.3.2-2
7:4.3.3-0+deb11u1
ffmpeg
Mageia:8
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 4.3.3-3.mga8
4.3.3-3.mga8
ffmpeg
Mageia:8
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
ffmpeg
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 4.2.4-31.oe2003sp4
4.2.4-31.oe2003sp4
ffmpeg
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 4.2.4-38.oe2203sp4
4.2.4-38.oe2203sp4
ffmpeg
Ubuntu: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
ffmpeg
Ubuntu: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
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7:3.4.1-17:3.4.1-1build17:3.4.2-17:3.4.2-1build17:3.4.2-27:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1
ffmpeg
Ubuntu: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
ffmpeg
Ubuntu: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

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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-20450 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Ffmpeg, published May 25, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 4.3.3-r0.

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