# CVE-2024-55069: ffmpeg 7.1 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in function iamf\_read\_header in /libavformat/iamfdec.c.

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-02 · Updated: 2025-05-12

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ffmpeg 7.1 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in function iamf_read_header in /libavformat/iamfdec.c.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/11326
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/4cc1495aca45445181a107a682c32cfe31459929

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