SB2025102708 - Two denial of service vulnerabilities in FFmpeg



SB2025102708 - Two denial of service vulnerabilities in FFmpeg

Published: October 27, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025102708
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-10256)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when parsing HLS playlists. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted HLS playlist to the application and crash the application.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6603)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when parsing HLS playlists. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted HLS playlist to the application and crash the application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.