CVE-2025-59731 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-59731: Heap-buffer-overflow write in FFmpeg EXR dwa_uncompress

Vendor Ffmpeg
Product FFmpeg
Weakness CWE-787
Published October 6, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

6.9/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

When decoding an OpenEXR file that uses DWAA or DWAB compression, the specified raw length of run-length-encoded data is not checked when using it to calculate the output data. We read rle_raw_size from the input file at [0], we decompress and decode into the buffer td->rle_raw_data of size rle_raw_size at [1], and then at [2] we will access entries in this buffer up to (td->xsize - 1) * (td->ysize - 1) + rle_raw_size / 2, which may exceed rle_raw_size. We recommend upgrading to version 8.0 or beyond.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 6, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated