Medium severity · published Jan 12, 2023
CVE-2022-3341
A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec.c file
5.3
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec.c file. The flaw occurs because the function lacks check of the return value of avformat_new_stream() and triggers the null pointer dereference error, causing an application to crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
FFmpeg ·
Fixed-in ffmpeg 5.1 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3341
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3341
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2157054
Patch
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/9cf652cef49d74afe3d454f27d49eb1a1394951e
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00016.html
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