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[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: ffmpegproduct: ffmpegDenial of serviceRemote 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
2026-08-17
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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-1594coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for ffmpeg

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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