The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2322-1 advisory.

  - In FFmpeg before 4.2, avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c allows a NULL pointer dereference and possibly     unspecified other impact when there is no valid close function pointer. (CVE-2019-17539)

  - FFmpeg 2.8 and 4.2.3 has a use-after-free via a crafted EXTINF duration in an m3u8 file because     parse_playlist in libavformat/hls.c frees a pointer, and later that pointer is accessed in     av_probe_input_format3 in libavformat/format.c. (CVE-2020-13904)

  - FFmpeg 4.1.3 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/ratecontrol.c, which allows a remote     malicious user to cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-20448)

  - Denial of Service issue in FFmpeg 4.2 due to resource management errors via fftools/cmdutils.c.
    (CVE-2020-20451)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.1 via apng_do_inverse_blend in libavcodec/pngenc.c, which     could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service (CVE-2020-21041)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in mov_write_video_tag due to the out of bounds in     libavformat/movenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user obtain sensitive information, cause a Denial     of Service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-22015)

  - 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. (CVE-2020-22016)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at ff_fill_rectangle in     libavfilter/drawutils.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
    (CVE-2020-22017)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at convolution_y_10bit in libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c, which     could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22019)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in the build_diff_map function in libavfilter/vf_fieldmatch.c,     which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22020)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at filter_edges function in libavfilter/vf_yadif.c, which     could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22021)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_frame at     libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
    (CVE-2020-22022)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabililty exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_frame at     libavfilter/vf_bitplanenoise.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
    (CVE-2020-22023)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in gaussian_blur at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c, which     might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2020-22025)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in the config_input function at     libavfilter/af_tremolo.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service.
    (CVE-2020-22026)

  - A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_w3fdif.c in     filter16_complex_low, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
    (CVE-2020-22031)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c in     gaussian_blur, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2020-22032)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c in     convolution_y_8bit, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22033)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_floodfill.c, which might     lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2020-22034)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the     ff_v4l2_m2m_create_context function in v4l2_m2m.c. (CVE-2020-22038)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the inavi_add_ientry     function. (CVE-2020-22039)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak at the fifo_alloc_common     function in libavutil/fifo.c. (CVE-2020-22043)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the     url_open_dyn_buf_internal function in libavformat/aviobuf.c. (CVE-2020-22044)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the     ff_v4l2_m2m_create_context function in v4l2_m2m.c. (CVE-2020-22038)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:2322-1 advisory.

  - In FFmpeg before 4.2, avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c allows a NULL pointer dereference and possibly     unspecified other impact when there is no valid close function pointer. (CVE-2019-17539)

  - FFmpeg 2.8 and 4.2.3 has a use-after-free via a crafted EXTINF duration in an m3u8 file because     parse_playlist in libavformat/hls.c frees a pointer, and later that pointer is accessed in     av_probe_input_format3 in libavformat/format.c. (CVE-2020-13904)

  - FFmpeg 4.1.3 is affected by a Divide By Zero issue via libavcodec/ratecontrol.c, which allows a remote     malicious user to cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-20448)

  - Denial of Service issue in FFmpeg 4.2 due to resource management errors via fftools/cmdutils.c.
    (CVE-2020-20451)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.1 via apng_do_inverse_blend in libavcodec/pngenc.c, which     could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service (CVE-2020-21041)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in mov_write_video_tag due to the out of bounds in     libavformat/movenc.c, which could let a remote malicious user obtain sensitive information, cause a Denial     of Service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-22015)

  - 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. (CVE-2020-22016)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at ff_fill_rectangle in     libavfilter/drawutils.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
    (CVE-2020-22017)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at convolution_y_10bit in libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c, which     could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22019)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 in the build_diff_map function in libavfilter/vf_fieldmatch.c,     which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22020)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg 4.2 at filter_edges function in libavfilter/vf_yadif.c, which     could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22021)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_frame at     libavfilter/vf_fieldorder.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
    (CVE-2020-22022)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabililty exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in filter_frame at     libavfilter/vf_bitplanenoise.c, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
    (CVE-2020-22023)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in gaussian_blur at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c, which     might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2020-22025)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 in the config_input function at     libavfilter/af_tremolo.c, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service.
    (CVE-2020-22026)

  - A Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_w3fdif.c in     filter16_complex_low, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.
    (CVE-2020-22031)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_edgedetect.c in     gaussian_blur, which might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2020-22032)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c in     convolution_y_8bit, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2020-22033)

  - A heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists FFmpeg 4.2 at libavfilter/vf_floodfill.c, which might     lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2020-22034)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the     ff_v4l2_m2m_create_context function in v4l2_m2m.c. (CVE-2020-22038)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the inavi_add_ientry     function. (CVE-2020-22039)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak at the fifo_alloc_common     function in libavutil/fifo.c. (CVE-2020-22043)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the     url_open_dyn_buf_internal function in libavformat/aviobuf.c. (CVE-2020-22044)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6449-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly managed memory resulting

    in a memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via application     crash. This issue only

    affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22038)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files,

    leading to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via     application crash. This issue only

    affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-20898, CVE-2021-38090,

    CVE-2021-38091, CVE-2021-38092, CVE-2021-38093, CVE-2021-38094)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly managed memory, resulting in a memory leak.

    If a user or automated system were tricked into

    processing a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a     denial of service, or execute

    arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-48434)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-936099 advisory.

    A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the     ff_v4l2_m2m_create_context function in v4l2_m2m.c.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
151651	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ffmpeg (SUSE-SU-2021:2322-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/15/2021	7/13/2023	critical
223404	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-22038	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	8/27/2025	medium
151738	openSUSE 15 Security Update : ffmpeg (openSUSE-SU-2021:2322-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/16/2021	12/8/2023	critical
183778	Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : FFmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-6449-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/24/2023	9/3/2025	high
267593	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: ffmpeg (UTSA-2025-936099)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	10/7/2025	10/10/2025	medium

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