Memory leak in FFmpeg libavutil/iamf.c (CVE-2025-25469)
CVE-2025-25469 Published on February 18, 2025
FFmpeg git-master before commit d5873b was discovered to contain a memory leak in the component libavutil/iamf.c.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-25469 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2025-25469. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Leak Vulnerability?
The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is often triggered by improper handling of malformed data or unexpectedly interrupted sessions. In some languages, developers are responsible for tracking memory allocation and releasing the memory. If there are no more pointers or references to the memory, then it can no longer be tracked and identified for release.
CVE-2025-25469 has been classified to as a Memory Leak vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-25469
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Exploit Probability
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