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GHSA-77WF-7C6R-CX8J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-02 15:30 – Updated: 2025-03-02 15:30

Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in FFmpeg up to 6e26f57f672b05e7b8b052007a83aef99dc81ccb. This affects the function audio_element_obu of the file libavformat/iamf_parse.c of the component IAMF File Handler. The manipulation of the argument num_parameters leads to memory leak. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 0526535cd58444dd264e810b2f3348b4d96cff3b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2025-1816 (GCVE-0-2025-1816)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-02 14:00 – Updated: 2025-03-03 20:12

Title

FFmpeg IAMF File iamf_parse.c audio_element_obu memory leak

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-03-03 20:12 UTC

CWE

CWE-401 - Memory Leak
CWE-404 - Denial of Service

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.298089	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.298089	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.506575	third-party-advisory
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/11475	issue-tracking
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/attachment/ticket/11475/poc	exploitissue-tracking
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/0…	patch
https://ffmpeg.org/	product

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	FFmpeg	Affected: 6e26f57f672b05e7b8b052007a83aef99dc81ccb

Credits

0x20z (VulDB User)

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