CVE-2025-9951 (GCVE-0-2025-9951)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-09 13:54 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:49
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Title
Remote code execution via Heap Buffer Overflow in FFmpeg JPEG2000
Summary
A heap-buffer-overflow write exists in jpeg2000dec FFmpeg which allows an attacker to potentially gain remote code execution or cause denial of service via the channel definition cdef atom of JPEG2000.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
FFmpeg FFmpeg Affected: < 8.0
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