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CVE-2021-30123FFmpeg <=4.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in libavcodec through a crafted file that may lead to remote code execution.
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
FFmpeg <=4.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in libavcodec through a crafted file that may lead to remote code execution.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References4
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8845 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d6f293353c94c7ce200f6e0975ae3de49787f91f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8863 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-202105-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-17063 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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