CVE-2020-12284

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12284
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-28 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-29 13:25:00 UTC
Descriptioncbs_jpeg_split_fragment in libavcodec/cbs_jpeg.c in FFmpeg 4.1 and 4.2.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow during JPEG_MARKER_SOS handling because of a missing length check.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.1 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.2.2 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.2.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
avcodec/cbs_jpeg: Check length for SOS · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@a3a3730 · GitHub MISC github.com
avcodec/cbs_jpeg: Check length for SOS · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@1812352 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
19734 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
USN-4431-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4722-1 ffmpeg DEBIAN www.debian.org
FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-58) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500909 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 502279 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4
  • 504752 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 504770 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4
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