CVE-2022-3109

An issue was discovered in the FFmpeg package, where vp3_decode_frame in libavcodec/vp3.c lacks check of the return value of av_malloc() and will cause a null pointer dereference, impacting availability.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153551	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/656cb0450aeb73b25d7d26980af342b37ac4c568	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00016.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KOMB6WRUC55VWV25IKJTV22KARBUGWGQ/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5394	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153551	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/656cb0450aeb73b25d7d26980af342b37ac4c568	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00016.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KOMB6WRUC55VWV25IKJTV22KARBUGWGQ/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5394	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-16 15:15

Updated : 2025-08-07 19:26

NVD link : CVE-2022-3109

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3109

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3109

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ffmpeg

ffmpeg

debian

debian_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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