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CVE-2026-125180

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Description

FFmpeg 8.1 through 9.0.2 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the libavcodec/exif.c parser that allows attackers to amplify allocations by pointing many IFD entries at overlapping payloads. Attackers can embed a small crafted EXIF block in TIFF, JPEG, PNG or WebP images to trigger quadratic memory allocation, causing denial of service in decoding applications.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.8 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-09 19:16:53.287000
Last modified
2026-11-09 22:18:43.013000
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  "published": "2026-11-09T19:16:53.287",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-09T22:18:43.013",
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      "url": "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25408",
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