# CVE-2020-22037: A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec\_alloc\_context3 at options.c.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-01 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in avcodec_alloc_context3 at options.c.

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## Related

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## References

- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8281
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4990
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4998
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00012.html

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