{"id":"CVE-2025-52290","title":"ffmpeg: ffmpeg: Denial of Service via crafted media file (CVE-2025-52290)","summary":"A flaw was found in ffmpeg. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted media file to be processed by the application. This issue triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the avpriv_h264_has_num_reorder_frames functio…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":"CWE-476","vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3","affected":["enterprise_linux_ai_rhel_ai 3","openshift_ai_rhoai"],"published":"2026-10-19","updated":"2026-10-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-21T07:59:09+00:00","source":"CSAF","sourceUrl":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-52290.json","references":[{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-52290.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-52290"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555742"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52290"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52290"},{"url":"https://ffmpeg.org"},{"url":"https://infosec.exchange/@sigdevel/116733488628458667"}],"tags":["csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org","score-dispute"],"epss":0.00578,"epssPercentile":0.47421,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-19T21:24:48.725511Z"},"scores":{"vendor":5.5,"adp":7.5},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-19T18:35:50.158Z","slug":"CVE-2025-52290","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in ffmpeg. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted media file to be processed by the application. This issue triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the avpriv_h264_has_num_reorder_frames function, leading to an unexpected application crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3, Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3, Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) · updated 2026-10-21 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-52290.json)\n\n**ffmpeg: ffmpeg: Denial of Service via crafted media file** — rated Moderate by Red Hat. Released 2025-01-01, updated 2026-10-21.\n\nAffected:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3\n- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)\n\nNo fix planned:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3\n- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)\n\n## Remediation\n\nFix deferred","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":227056,"id":"CVE-2025-52290","ts":1792585052224,"field":"cvss","old":"7.5","new":"5.5"},{"seq":227055,"id":"CVE-2025-52290","ts":1792585052224,"field":"severity","old":"high","new":"medium"},{"seq":225243,"id":"CVE-2025-52290","ts":1792446285783,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.5"},{"seq":225242,"id":"CVE-2025-52290","ts":1792446285783,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}