CVE-2025-70116

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Published 2026-05-27 · Modified 2026-06-01

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CVSS v3

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

A NULL pointer dereference in GPAC MP4Box: when parsing certain truncated MP4 files, an unknown/invalid stsd entry can result in missing descriptor fields (e.g., codec/mime/profile strings). gf_media_map_esd then calls strlen() on a NULL pointer, triggering a crash (ASan SEGV).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

53%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2025-70116 NameCVE-2025-70116 DescriptionA NULL pointer dereference in GPAC MP4Box: when parsing certain truncated MP4 files, an unknown/invalid stsd entry can result in missing descriptor fields (e.g., codec/mime/profile strings). gf_media_map_esd then calls strlen() on a NULL pointer, triggering a crash (ASan SEGV). SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red…

CVE-2025-70116

Name	CVE-2025-70116
Description	A NULL pointer dereference in GPAC MP4Box: when parsing certain truncated MP4 files, an unknown/invalid stsd entry can result in missing descriptor fields (e.g., codec/mime/profile strings). gf_media_map_esd then calls strlen() on a NULL pointer, triggering a crash (ASan SEGV).
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
gpac (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	1.0.1+dfsg1-4+deb11u3	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
gpac	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/3345

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Apply commands

text fix

Notes

https://github.com/gpac/gpac/issues/3345

OS impact

Debian Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
bullseye	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-476

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.