NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ffmpeg package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-FFMPEG-12483773
  • published3 Sept 2025
  • disclosed2 Sept 2025
  • creditzeroy0410

Introduced: 2 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-57612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ffmpeg.

Overview

ffmpeg is a FFmpeg wrapper

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the name method when it fails to check for a NULL return value from the av_get_sample_fmt_name function. An attacker can cause the application to crash by providing an unrecognized sample format.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1