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CVE-2025-22920

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger...

5.3 MediumFix available

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.35%Up 0.3 points since Feb 19, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Record
CVE-2025-22920
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-4649 5.3

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Record
EUVD-2025-4649
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7qgp-q3fg-4c39 5.3

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger...

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Record
GHSA-7qgp-q3fg-4c39
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.3

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Record
CVE-2025-22920
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-122
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2025-22920 5.3

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2025-22920
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 5.3

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Record
CVE-2025-22920
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22920 5.3

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22920
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2025-0085 No score

Updated ffmpeg packages fix security vulnerabilities

A reachable assertion in FFmpeg git-master commit N-113007-g8d24a28d06 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via opening a crafted AAC file. (CVE-2025-22919) A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg before commit 4bf784c allows attackers to trigger a memory corruption via supplying a crafted media file in avformat when processing tile grid group streams. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS). (CVE-2025-22920) FFmpeg git-master,N-113007-g8d24a28d06 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the component /libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c. (CVE-2025-22921) FFmpeg git master before commit c08d30 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component libavformat/mov.c. (CVE-2025-25473)

Record
MGASA-2025-0085
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14834-1 No score

ffmpeg-7-7.1-3.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ffmpeg-7-7.1-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14834-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.23
 before 8.0-r0
8.0-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.24
 before 8.0-r0
8.0-r0
ffmpeg
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 5.1.6-1.3.mga9
5.1.6-1.3.mga9
ffmpeg
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 5.1.6-1.3.mga9.tainted
5.1.6-1.3.mga9.tainted
libav
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
6:0.8.7-1ubuntu26:9.10-1ubuntu16:9.10-1ubuntu26:9.10-1ubuntu56:9.10-1ubuntu6
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6:9.10-1ubuntu76:9.11-2ubuntu16:9.11-2ubuntu26:9.13-0ubuntu0.14.04.16:9.14-0ubuntu0.14.04.16:9.16-0ubuntu0.14.04.16:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.16:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.16:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1
 None known
ffmpeg-7
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 7.1-3.1
7.1-3.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-22920 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in ffmpeg, published February 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 8.0-r0.

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