CVE-2024-55069 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-55069 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-55069 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 2 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Ffmpeg Ffmpeg. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55069/index.md)
A null pointer dereference in FFmpeg's IAMF decoder allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted media files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-55069?
CVE-2024-55069 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 2 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ffmpeg 7.1 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in function iamf_read_header in /libavformat/iamfdec.c.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55069?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2024-55069?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-55069 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-55069, GHSA-v2gm-5jqw-x4qc, JLSEC-2025-152, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55069.