CVE-2021-38171

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38171

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38171.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2:4.4.1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed7:4.4.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:4.3.3-0+deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed7:4.4.1-1
debian debiansidfixed7:4.4.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:4.4.1-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.