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CVE-2021-38171
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-08-21T17:15:07.700 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:01:41.430

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.

Affected products

ffmpeg — ffmpeg

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References

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