5.4

CVE-2025-69693: ffmpeg Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-69693DEBIAN-CVE-2025-69693CGA-hp63-746p-9cg5
Published 16-03-2026Last modified 16-03-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-69693 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 16-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg 8.0 and 8.0.1 RV60 video decoder (libavcodec/rv60dec.c). The quantization parameter (qp) validation at line 2267 only checks the lower bound (qp < 0) but is missing upper bound validation. The qp value can reach 65 (base value 63 from 6-bit frame header + offset +2 from read_qp_offset) while the rv60_qp_to_idx array has size 64 (valid indices 0-63). This results in out-of-bounds array access at lines 1554 (decode_cbp8), 1655 (decode_cbp16), and 1419/1421 (get_c4x4_set), potentially leading to memory disclosure or crash. A previous fix in commit 61cbcaf93f added validation only for intra frames. This vulnerability affects the released versions 8.0 (released 2025-08-22) and 8.0.1 (released 2025-11-20) and is fixed in git master commit 8abeb879df which will be included in FFmpeg 8.1.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.27% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu2 products
  • ffmpegAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • libavAll versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard1 product
  • ffmpeg-8.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:8.1-1
Ffmpeg1 product
Wolfi1 product
  • ffmpeg-8.0All versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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