CVE-2020-20896
Publication date 20 September 2021
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
An issue was discovered in function latm_write_packet in libavformat/latmenc.c in Ffmpeg 4.2.1, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts due to a Null pointer dereference.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| qtwebengine-opensource-src | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| vice | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
ccdm94
Xenial seems to not be vulnerable to this issue. The commit that introduces the code addressed in the fix commit (dd01947397b) is 8b3ec51de8a (3.4). In this commit, the lines that were added in the fix were removed. The package code in Xenial does not include the changes added by 8b3ec51de8a, and therefore, code reintroduced by the fix to this CVE is already present.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.8 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |