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CVE-2021-38171 (GCVE-0-2021-38171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-21 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
VLAI
Summary
adts_decode_extradata in libavformat/adtsenc.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the init_get_bits return value, which is a necessary step because the second argument to init_get_bits can be crafted.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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