5.3

CVE-2025-7700: ffmpeg NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:02990-1SUSE-SU-2025:03162-1SUSE-SU-2025:2990-1
Published 07-11-2025Last modified 06-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-7700 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 3
DLA-4440-1DSA-5985-1DSA-6007-1MGASA-2025-0306SUSE-SU-2025:02972-1SUSE-SU-2025:3715-1

Timeline

  1. 07-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in FFmpeg’s ALS audio decoder, where it does not properly check for memory allocation failures. This can cause the application to crash when processing certain malformed audio files. While it does not lead to data theft or system control, it can be used to disrupt services and cause a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.35% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

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

Suse24 products
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6< 4.4.6-150600.13.30.1
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7< 4.4.6-150600.13.30.1
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6< 4.4.6-150600.13.30.1
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7< 4.4.6-150600.13.30.1
  • ffmpeg-7&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0< 7.1.2-160000.1.1
Opensuse5 products
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 4.4.6-150600.13.30.1
  • ffmpeg-4&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.4.6-5.1
  • ffmpeg-7&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 7.1.2-160000.1.1
  • ffmpeg-7&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 7.1.1-8.1
  • ffmpeg&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 3.4.2-150200.11.67.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • ffmpegAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm6 | < 7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.1
  • libavAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:5.1.7-0+deb12u1 | < 7:7.1.2-0+deb13u1 | < 7:7.1.2-1

4 vendors · 32 products

References

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