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CVE-2025-59729

Heap-buffer-overflow read in FFmpeg DHAV get_duration

Published: Oct 6, 2025Updated: Oct 6, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
6.5CVSSMEDIUM

Description

When parsing the header for a DHAV file, there's an integer underflow in offset calculation that leads to reading the duration from before the start of the allocated buffer. If we load a DHAV file that is larger than MAX_DURATION_BUFFER_SIZE bytes (0x100000) for example 0x101000 bytes, then at [0] we have size = 0x101000. At [1] we have end_buffer_size = 0x100000, and at [2] we have end_buffer_pos = 0x1000. The loop then scans backwards through the buffer looking for the dhav tag; when it is found, we'll calculate end_pos based on a 32-bit offset read from the buffer. There is subsequently a check [3] that end_pos is within the section of the file that has been copied into end_buffer, but it only correctly handles the cases where end_pos is before the start of the file or after the section copied into end_buffer, and not the case where end_pos is within the the file, but before the section copied into end_buffer. If we provide such an offset, (end_pos - end_buffer_pos) can underflow, resulting in the subsequent access at [4] occurring before the beginning of the allocation. We recommend upgrading to version 8.0 or beyond.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:HC:LI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:AAccess Vector
Adjacent Network
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
L
I:HIntegrity
H
A:NAvailability
None

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ffmpegoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka libavcodec
ffmpeg teamoss-projectOSS Librariesaka ffmpeg
google inccommercialUSMobile Appsaka google

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

Timeline

Published
Oct 6, 2025
Last Updated
Oct 6, 2025

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