CVE-2021-38114

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2021-38114

    CVE-2021-38114

    Published: 4 Aug 2021Last Modified: 17 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/PAXP193MB12624C21AE412BE95BA4D4A4B6F09%40PAXP193MB1262.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00018.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998, https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7150f9575671f898382c370acae35f9087a30ba1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c5079bf3bccd24bf8ed45ff47ff4071fd09e9fd8
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2021-38114 | CVE-DB