DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38171

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38171
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38171.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38171
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2021-08-21T17:15:07Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:04:31Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / ffmpeg

Package

Name
ffmpeg
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ffmpeg?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7:4.4.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38171.json"

Debian:13 / ffmpeg

Package

Name
ffmpeg
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ffmpeg?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7:4.4.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38171.json"

Debian:14 / ffmpeg

Package

Name
ffmpeg
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ffmpeg?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7:4.4.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38171.json"