CVE-2025-60492: GPAC MP4Box stack overflow in BIFS scene decoder

CVE-2025-60492 · Severity: info · Published 2026-10-21

GPAC's MP4Box is a multimedia framework tool used to process and manipulate MP4 video files. A stack overflow vulnerability in its BIFS scene parser allows attackers to crash the application by supplying a specially crafted MP4 file, resulting in denial of service.

Technologies: GPAC Project MP4Box. Vendors: GPAC Project.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-60492 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-60492 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-60492?
Informational severity, published 21 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
GPAC Project MP4Box before 2.5.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-60492?
Yes: fixed in GPAC 2.5. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2025-60492 attacked?
It is attacked with local access.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-60492?
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: GPAC 2.5

Technical details

A stack overflow occurs in the gf_bifs_dec_node function (bifs/field_decode.c) due to uncontrolled recursion when processing specially crafted BIFS scene data within MP4 containers. The vulnerability involves recursive calls between gf_bifs_dec_node, BD_DecMFFieldList, and related functions that exhaust stack memory. An attacker can trigger this by providing a malicious MP4 file to MP4Box, causing immediate denial of service through application crash.

Affected products

  • GPAC Project MP4Box before 2.5

Timeline

  • 2025-08-13: disclosed
  • 2025-09-09: patched

References

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