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CVE-2021-3566

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2021-08-05 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Prior to ffmpeg version 4.3, the tty demuxer did not have a 'read_probe' function assigned to it. By crafting a legitimate "ffconcat" file that references an image, followed by a file the triggers the tty demuxer, the contents of the second file will be copied into the output file verbatim (as long as the `-vcodec copy` option is passed to ffmpeg).

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxFfmpeg Ffmpeg

Weakness Type

CWE-200, NVD-CWE-noinfo

References