CVE-2020-22016: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at libavcodec/get_bits.h when writing .mov files, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Ffmpeg Ffmpeg: version 4.2 only

Published 2021-05-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.