CVE-2025-60476: GPAC MP4Box heap use-after-free in AC4 descriptor parsing

CVE-2025-60476 · Severity: info · Published 2026-10-21

GPAC's MP4Box is a multimedia framework tool used to process video and audio files. A heap use-after-free vulnerability in AC4 (audio codec) descriptor parsing allows an attacker to crash the application or potentially execute code by providing a specially crafted MP4 file with malformed AC4 streams, causing a denial of service.

Technologies: GPAC Project MP4Box. Vendors: GPAC Project.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-60476 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-60476 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-60476?
Informational severity, published 21 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
GPAC Project MP4Box before 2.5.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-60476?
Yes: fixed in 2.5. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2025-60476 attacked?
It is attacked over the network or with local access, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-60476?
Check whether you run GPAC Project MP4Box at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: 2.5

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the gf_odf_ac4_cfg_clean_list function in odf/descriptors.c, where improper pointer handling during linked list destruction leads to accessing freed memory. An attacker can trigger this by supplying a crafted AC4 audio file with malformed streams. The defect is in the recursive cleanup logic that does not properly manage node lifetime, allowing use-after-free conditions when processing nested or corrupt AC4 configuration lists.

Affected products

  • GPAC Project MP4Box before 2.5

Timeline

  • 2025-07-14: disclosed
  • 2025-07-15: patched

References

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