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GPAC MP4Box heap overflow via crafted AC-4 file (CVE-2025-60480)

Original title: CVE-2025-60480: Heap buffer overflow in GPAC/MP4Box gf_odf_ac4_cfg_alternative_info via crafted AC-4 file

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Part of a story covered by 3 sourcesEleven GPAC MP4Box bugs posted; two still lack named fixesMerged summary & timeline
AI summary · x-ai/grok-4.7Summaries by Vani AI

The medium-severity out-of-bounds heap read is fixed in commit e02d1fd and rated CVSS 6.5.

Alexander A. Shvedov reported a heap-based buffer overflow in GPAC's MP4Box, CVE-2025-60480. A crafted AC-4 file causes an out-of-bounds heap read. It affects 2.5-DEV-rev1593-gfe88c3545-master at commit fe88c3545 and is fixed in e02d1fd24cdc26acb1b236ab38b3832cffcae21b. A BDU assessment rates it CVSS 3.1 6.5 medium, with high availability impact and no confidentiality or integrity impact.

Unconfirmed: The description is cut off, and the post does not say whether the flaw is exploited.

Key facts
  • The weakness is CWE-122, a heap-based buffer overflow.
  • The CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
  • The affected commit is fe88c3545aadd597b250ccf23271d5d3de50ccc8.
  • The report was posted to oss-security on October 20.
Security assessment · AI, from the article

Impact: Out-of-bounds heap read that can crash MP4Box

ProductAffectedFixed in
GPAC MP4Box2.5-DEV-rev1593-gfe88c3545-master, commit fe88c3545aadd597b250ccf23271d5d3de50ccc8e02d1fd24cdc26acb1b236ab38b3832cffcae21b
What to do
  1. 1.Update GPAC MP4Box to commit e02d1fd24cdc26acb1b236ab38b3832cffcae21b.
Analyze CVE-2025-60480 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2025-60480
A heap buffer overflow in the gf_odf_ac4_cfg_alternative_info function (/odf/descriptors.c) of GPAC Project/MP4Box 2.5-DEV-rev1593-gfe88c3545-master allows…
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Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
sha1e02d1fd24cdc26acb1b236ab38b3832cffcae21bster Commit fe88c3545aadd597b250ccf23271d5d3de50ccc8 Fixed: e02d1fd24cdc26acb1b236ab38b3832cffcae21b CVE: CVE-2025-60480 CWE: CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflo
sha1fe88c3545aadd597b250ccf23271d5d3de50ccc8(MP4Box) Affected: 2.5-DEV-rev1593-gfe88c3545-master Commit fe88c3545aadd597b250ccf23271d5d3de50ccc8 Fixed: e02d1fd24cdc26acb1b236ab38b3832cffcae21b CVE: CVE-20

From the original article

Posted by Alexander A. Shvedov on Oct 20 Product: GPAC (MP4Box) Affected: 2. 5-DEV-rev1593-gfe88c3545-master Commit fe88c3545aadd597b250ccf23271d5d3de50ccc8 Fixed: e02d1fd24cdc26acb1b236ab38b3832cffcae21b CVE: CVE-2025-60480 CWE: CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow) CVSS 3.

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