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CVE-2026-125190

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Description

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an information disclosure vulnerability in decode_mvc2() in libavcodec/mvcdec.c that leaks uninitialized stack memory through unchecked palette indices. Attackers can supply a crafted MVC2 stream declaring few colors but referencing higher palette indices, copying process stack contents into decoded RGB frames.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.8 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-09 19:16:54.777000
Last modified
2026-11-09 19:16:54.777000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-125190",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-09T19:16:54.777",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-09T19:16:54.777",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an information disclosure vulnerability in decode_mvc2() in libavcodec/mvcdec.c that leaks uninitialized stack memory through unchecked palette indices. Attackers can supply a crafted MVC2 stream declaring few colors but referencing higher palette indices, copying process stack contents into decoded RGB frames."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
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        {
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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "repo": "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg",
          "packageURL": "pkg:github/ffmpeg/ffmpeg",
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              "version": "0",
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              "versionType": "semver",
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    }
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25278",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/mvcdec.c#L141",
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      "source": "[email protected]"
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}