[UPDATE] [medium] ffmpeg: Vulnerability allows Denial of Service, potentially code execution

mediumCVE-2025-1594

A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in ffmpeg to trigger a Denial of Service or potentially execute arbitrary code.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: ffmpeg product: ffmpeg Denial of service Remote code execution

What: A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in ffmpeg to trigger a Denial of Service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Who is affected: Deployments of ffmpeg are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for both denial of service and code execution.
Action: Update to the latest version of ffmpeg.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-03
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-0429

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-15940.53% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 41% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-1594	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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