SB2025102708 - Two denial of service vulnerabilities in FFmpeg
Published: October 27, 2025
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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.