UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20451

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20451

    Published: 25 May 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-20451
    Aliases:
    USN-5167-1

    Summary:

    Details: Denial of Service issue in FFmpeg 4.2 due to resource management errors via fftools/cmdutils.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20451, https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8094, https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=21265f42ecb265debe9fec1dbfd0cb7de5a8aefb, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5167-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-20451

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ffmpeg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    7:2.7.2-1build1

    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
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