🛡️ UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38114

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: ffmpeg (fixed in 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1). Published on 4 August 2021 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-08-04
Updated 2026-06-15
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ffmpeg — 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1

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