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High 7.2Published Sep 9, 2025

CVE-2025-9951Remote code execution via Heap Buffer Overflow in FFmpeg JPEG2000

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects FFmpeg. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
7.2 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-122
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Google
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Feb 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
FFmpeg FFmpeg
ffmpeg:ffmpeg (from the name)
before 8.0
CNA record

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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