CVE-2020-22017 describes a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2, specifically within the ff_fill_rectangle function in libavfilter/drawutils.c. This flaw primarily affects Debian Linux and FFmpeg installations, potentially leading to memory corruption and other severe consequences. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.