CVE-2025-0518 (GCVE-0-2025-0518)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-16 16:45 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:56
VLAI
EPSS
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Title
Unchecked sscanf return value which leads to memory data leak
Summary
Unchecked Return Value, Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in FFmpeg allows Read Sensitive Constants Within an Executable. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/libavfilter/af_pan.C .
This issue affects FFmpeg: 7.1.
Issue was fixed: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/b5b6391d64807578ab872dc58fb8aa621dcfc38a
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/b5b6391d64807578ab872dc58fb8aa621dcfc38a This issue was discovered by: Simcha Kosman
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-16 19:10 UTC
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