CVE-2025-25469

Exp

FFmpeg git-master before commit d5873b was discovered to contain a memory leak in the component libavutil/iamf.c.

Published: 2025-02-18 Last update: 2026-01-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-25469 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-25469

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-25469

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-09-18 0.05% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2025-09-16 0.06% 0.05% -0.01%
3 2025-07-29 0.06%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-25469

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 2.5 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-25469

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-25469

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2025-25469: 1 source package rows (ffmpeg); 112 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 112. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-25469
debian unimportant CVE-2025-25469 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ffmpeg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-25469
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-25469 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ffmpeg, libav), 17 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 8, DNE 6, needs-triage 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-25469

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-25469

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ffmpeg ffmpeg < 2025-01-13 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-25469

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