NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ffmpeg package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-FFMPEG-21265937
  • published20 Oct 2026
  • disclosed1 Jan 2025

Introduced: 1 Jan 2025

CVE-2025-52290  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 ffmpeg.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL pointer dereference in the avpriv_h264_has_num_reorder_frames function of Ffmpeg version N-119856-gbe46370941 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via processing a crafted media file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1