CVE-2025-69693: ffmpeg Out-of-bounds Read
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.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1Timeline
- 16-03-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-03-2026Last 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- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected 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
- ffmpeg8.0 | 8.0.1
Wolfi1 product
- ffmpeg-8.0All versions (No fix recorded)
5 vendors · 6 products