CVE-2020-21041
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.07% (81st) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.1 via apng_do_inverse_blend in libavcodec/pngenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (15)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (16)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00018.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167458/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5472-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/7989cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FFmpeg-buffer-overflow-via-apng-do-inverse-blend-35900cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2413cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2756cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2980cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3481cnnvd
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