CVE-2026-125186
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the dts2pts bitstream filter that allows attackers to exhaust CPU through unbounded per-packet POC node allocation. Attackers can supply a crafted H.264 packet with many slices of alternating picture order counts, forcing h264_queue_frame() to allocate tree nodes per slice and deny service.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.7
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-09 19:16:54.180000
Last modified
2026-11-09 22:18:43.407000
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"url": "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25569",
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