What is CVE-2025-1373?

CVE-2025-1373 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2025-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-1373?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-1373 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Ffmpeg

CVE-2025-1373

A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg up to 7.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function mov_read_trak of the file libavformat/mov.c of the component MOV Parser. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as 43be8d07281caca2e88bfd8ee2333633e1fb1a13. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Published 2025-02-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg — versions 7.0, 7.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

akaganeite/CVE4PP

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/11460 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
trac.ffmpeg.org/attachment/ticket/11460/poc (issue-tracking, Exploit, exploit, Vendor Advisory)
git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/43be8d07281caca2e88bfd8ee2333633e1fb1a13 (Patch, patch)
ffmpeg.org/ (Product, product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1373?: CVE-2025-1373 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2025-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-1373?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-1373 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.