CVE-2025-1373: ffmpeg Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-1373 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1Timeline
- 17-02-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 18-02-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg up to 7.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function mov_read_trak of the file libavformat/mov.c of the component MOV Parser. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as 43be8d07281caca2e88bfd8ee2333633e1fb1a13. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
CVSS metrics
10 scores · 4 sources · 4 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- NVDNIST4.8MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVE.orgCNA3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST1.7LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS trend
Probability
0.32%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
23%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.32% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (trac.ffmpeg.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (trac.ffmpeg.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard1 product
- ffmpeg-6All versions (No fix recorded)
Ffmpeg1 product
- ffmpeg≤ 7.1
Ubuntu1 product
- libavAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
