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CVE-2021-38114
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-08-04 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-252
Description
libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- FFmpeg: 4.4
References
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7150f9575671f898382c370acae35f9087a30ba1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00018.html
- https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/PAXP193MB12624C21AE412BE95BA4D4A4B6F09%40PAXP193MB1262.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7150f9575671f898382c370acae35f9087a30ba1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00018.html
- https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/PAXP193MB12624C21AE412BE95BA4D4A4B6F09%40PAXP193MB1262.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998
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