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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Aug 5, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 5, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in libav up to 12.3. Affected by this issue is the function main of the file /avtools/avconv.c of the component DSS File Demuxer. The manipulation leads to double free. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The bug was initially reported by the researcher to the wrong project. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 5, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 5, 2025
Last updated Aug 5, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(7th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-8585

GHSA ID

GHSA-328q-vg6x-8ppv

Source code

No known source code

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