CVE-2020-13904

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-13904
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-07 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:16:00 UTC
DescriptionFFmpeg 2.8 and 4.2.3 has a use-after-free via a crafted EXTINF duration in an m3u8 file because parse_playlist in libavformat/hls.c frees a pointer, and later that pointer is accessed in av_probe_input_format3 in libavformat/format.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

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
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 2.8 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.2.3 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.2.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
avformat/hls: check segment duration value of EXTINF · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@6959358 · GitHub MISC github.com
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-devel] avformat/hls: check segment duration value of EXTINF - Patchwork patchwork.ffmpeg.org
#8673 (UAF while parsing m3u8 files ( in av_probe_input_format3)) – FFmpeg MISC trac.ffmpeg.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-58) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2291-1] ffmpeg security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[FFmpeg-devel] avformat/hls: check segment duration value of EXTINF - Patchwork MISC patchwork.ffmpeg.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
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
  • 750835 OpenSUSE Security Update for ffmpeg (openSUSE-SU-2021:2322-1)
  • 751079 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ffmpeg (SUSE-SU-2021:2929-1)
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