FFmpeg Media File heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in FFmpeg. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Media File Handler. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-22920. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Media File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

The advisory is shared at git.ffmpeg.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-22920 since 01/09/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying the patch 4bf784c0e5615c3f934e677d5de093a8be7da7ae is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.ffmpeg.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-4649) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0401). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • Open Source ffmpeg

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 4bf784c0e5615c3f934e677d5de093a8be7da7ae

Timelineinfo

01/09/2025 🔍
02/18/2025 +40 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: ffmpeg.org

Advisory: 4bf784c0e5615c3f934e677d5de093a8be7da7ae
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-22920 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-22920
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-296197
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-0401 - ffmpeg: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2025 23:46
Updated: 01/02/2026 10:56
Changes: 02/18/2025 23:46 (56), 02/20/2025 10:28 (1), 06/01/2025 03:39 (1), 01/02/2026 10:56 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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