# CVE-2025-12343: Ffmpeg: double-free vulnerability in ffmpeg tensorflow dnn backend

- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.1
- Published: 2026-02-18 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- ffmpeg: from 6.1, fixed in 8.1

## Description

A flaw was found in FFmpeg’s TensorFlow backend within the libavfilter/dnn_backend_tf.c source file. The issue occurs in the dnn_execute_model_tf() function, where a task object is freed multiple times in certain error-handling paths. This redundant memory deallocation can lead to a double-free condition, potentially causing FFmpeg or any application using it to crash when processing TensorFlow-based DNN models. This results in a denial-of-service scenario but does not allow arbitrary code execution under normal conditions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ffmpeg, upgrade to a fixed version (8.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12343
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2406533

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