Medium
Security advisory
libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-38114
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.
osv:CVE-2021-38114
Complete source record
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