Description
An issue was discovered in rust-ffmpeg 0.3.0 (after comit 5ac0527) Null pointer dereference vulnerability in the name() method allows an attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability exists because the method fails to check for a NULL return value from the av_get_sample_fmt_name() C function, which can be triggered by providing an unrecognized sample format.
Published: 2025-09-02
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-26412 An issue was discovered in rust-ffmpeg 0.3.0 (after comit 5ac0527) Null pointer dereference vulnerability in the name() method allows an attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability exists because the method fails to check for a NULL return value from the av_get_sample_fmt_name() C function, which can be triggered by providing an unrecognized sample format.
History

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Meh.schizofreni
Meh.schizofreni rust-ffmpeg
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:meh.schizofreni:rust-ffmpeg:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Meh.schizofreni
Meh.schizofreni rust-ffmpeg

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-476
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in rust-ffmpeg 0.3.0 (after comit 5ac0527) Null pointer dereference vulnerability in the name() method allows an attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability exists because the method fails to check for a NULL return value from the av_get_sample_fmt_name() C function, which can be triggered by providing an unrecognized sample format.
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Meh.schizofreni Rust-ffmpeg
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-02T19:42:29.712Z

Reserved: 2025-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-57612

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-02T19:42:25.481Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-02T16:15:39.973

Modified: 2025-09-10T18:35:48.720

Link: CVE-2025-57612

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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