CVE-2020-24995
Published: 30 March 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-24995 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 45.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-17695
Vulnerability details
Buffer overflow vulnerability in sniff_channel_order function in aacdec_template.c in ffmpeg 3.1.2, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code (local).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.