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CVE-2020-20898

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in...

8.8 HighFix available

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

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

1.27%Up 0.5 points since Sep 21, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

Record
CVE-2020-20898
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

Record
CVE-2020-20898
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-13678 No score

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

Record
EUVD-2020-13678
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-49v3-47vp-q76c No score

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in...

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

Record
GHSA-49v3-47vp-q76c
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

Record
CVE-2020-20898
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
2026-11-07
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-20898 8.8

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-20898
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-2020-20898 8.8

Integer Overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20898
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
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:1468-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-31578: Fixed heap use-after-free via av_hwframe_ctx_init() when vulkan_frames init failed (bsc#1223070)
  • CVE-2023-49502: Fixed heap buffer overflow via the ff_bwdif_filter_intra_c function in libavfilter/bwdifdsp.c (bsc#1223235)

Adding references for already fixed issues:

  • CVE-2021-38091: Fixed integer overflow in function filter16_sobel in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c (bsc#1190732)
  • CVE-2021-38090: Fixed integer overflow in function filter16_roberts in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c (bsc#1190731)
  • CVE-2020-20898: Fixed integer overflow vulnerability in function filter16_prewitt in libavfilter/vf_convolution.c (bsc#1190724)
  • CVE-2020-20901: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in function filter_frame in libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c (bsc#1190728)
  • CVE-2020-20900: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in function gaussian_blur in libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c (bsc#1190727)
  • CVE-2020-20894: Fixed buffer Overflow vulnerability in function gaussian_blur in libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c (bsc#1190721)
Record
SUSE-SU-2024:1468-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6449-1 No score

ffmpeg vulnerabilities

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly managed memory resulting in a memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via application crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22038)

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files, leading to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via application crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-20898, CVE-2021-38090, CVE-2021-38091, CVE-2021-38092, CVE-2021-38093, CVE-2021-38094)

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly managed memory, resulting in a memory leak. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-48434)

Record
USN-6449-1
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
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
openSUSE:Leap 15.5
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
3.4.2-150200.11.41.1
ffmpeg
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm3, plus listed versions
7:4.1.4-1build27:4.2.1-27:4.2.1-2ubuntu17:4.2.2-1build17:4.2.2-1ubuntu1
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7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.17:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1+esm17:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.17:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm2
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm3
ffmpeg
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm3, 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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7:3.4.1-17:3.4.1-1build17:3.4.2-17:3.4.2-1build17:3.4.2-27:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.27:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.17:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm17:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm2
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm3
ffmpeg
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm3, plus listed versions
7:4.1.4-1build27:4.2.1-27:4.2.1-2ubuntu17:4.2.2-1build17:4.2.2-1ubuntu1
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7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.17:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1+esm17:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.17:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm2
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm3
ffmpeg
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm2, plus listed versions
7:4.4-6ubuntu57:4.4.1-2ubuntu17:4.4.1-3ubuntu17:4.4.1-3ubuntu27:4.4.1-3ubuntu37:4.4.1-3ubuntu57:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.17:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2020-20898 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ffmpeg, published September 20, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.27%, the 70th percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 7:4.3-2.

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