GPAC/MP4Box Uncontrolled Recursion

GPAC/MP4Box

GPAC/MP4Box has an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in BIFS decoder, allowing attackers to crash the program.

First seen: 23 Oct 2026
Last update: 23 Oct 2026, 13:40 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2025-60492
CVSS: 5.5
Source: news
On the menu as: Self-hosted apps

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## GPAC/MP4Box Uncontrolled Recursion
Severity: medium. Patch status: fix status unknown.
Affected: GPAC/MP4Box
Ids: CVE-2025-60492

GPAC/MP4Box has an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in BIFS decoder, allowing attackers to crash the program.

## Steps
1. Search the repo, its CI and infra config for GPAC/MP4Box. If present, report the version in use and whether it's affected.
2. No source names a fix yet; check the vendor advisory. Until one ships: restrict network access to it.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2025-60492") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q4/353
https://pwned.coffee/i/gpac-mp4box-uncontrolled-recursion-cve-2025-60492

Receipt

Exploitation: No known exploitation
Score: CVSS 5.5 (medium)
Last checked: 10 Nov 2026, 09:19 UTC

Sources: KEV – CVE record ✓ Vendor –

Sources

seclists.org: CVE-2025-60492: uncontrolled recursion in GPAC/MP4Box BIFS decoder via crafted MP4 input

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