USN-5472-1

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    USN-5472-1

    Published: 8 Jun 2022Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: ffmpeg vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that FFmpeg would attempt to divide by zero when using Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) or AAC codecs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-20445, CVE-2020-20446, CVE-2020-20453) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-20450) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled file conversion to APNG format. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21041) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled remuxing RTP-hint tracks. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21688) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted AVI files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21697) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled writing MOV video tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22015) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled writing MOV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue affected only Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22016) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22017, CVE-2020-22020, CVE-2020-22022, CVE-2020-22023, CVE-2022-22025, CVE-2020-22026, CVE-2020-22028, CVE-2020-22031, CVE-2020-22032, CVE-2020-22034, CVE-2020-22036, CVE-2020-22042) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22019, CVE-2020-22021, CVE-2020-22033) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22027, CVE-2020-22029, CVE-2020-22030, CVE-2020-22035) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted JPEG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22037) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly performed calculations in EXR codec. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35965) It was discovered that FFmpeg did not verify return values of functions init_vlc and init_get_bits. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-38114, CVE-2021-38171) It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1475)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5472-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20445, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20446, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20450, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20453, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21041, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21688, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21697, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22015, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22016, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22017, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22019, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22020, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22021, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22022, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22023, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22025, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22026, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22027, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22028, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22029, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22030, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22031, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22032, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22033, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22034, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22035, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22036, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22037, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22042, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35965, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38114, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38171, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38291, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1475

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ffmpeg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    7:3.3.4-2
    7:3.3.4-2build3

    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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