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Vulnerability details: VCID-24h6-xhra-kuhp
Vulnerability ID VCID-24h6-xhra-kuhp
Aliases CVE-2020-21697
Summary A heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted avi file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-21697
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20445
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20446
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20450
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20453
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20891
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20892
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-20896
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-21688
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-21697
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-22037
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-22042
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3566
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38114
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38171
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38291
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8188
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-21697 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21697
USN-5472-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5472-1/
USN-USN-5167-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5167-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21697
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

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medium

low

multiple

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none

none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21697
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40411
EPSS Score 0.00182
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:39:34.983156+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/5472-1/ 37.0.0