CVE-2026-125181
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in flic_decode_frame_15_16BPP() in libavcodec/flicvideo.c that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory on big-endian builds. Attackers can supply a crafted 15/16 bpp FLIC/FLX file with an FLI_BRUN chunk whose non-terminating byte-swap loop writes packet-derived data past the frame buffer, crashing the process.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-09 19:16:53.437000
Last modified
2026-11-09 19:16:53.437000
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"id": "CVE-2026-125181",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-09T19:16:53.437",
"lastModified": "2026-11-09T19:16:53.437",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24901",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/flicvideo.c#L883",
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"source": "[email protected]"
}
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}