CVE-2026-125198
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in mediaformat_jni_setBuffer() in libavcodec/mediacodec_wrapper.c that never frees buffers wrapped with NewDirectByteBuffer(). Attackers can supply crafted media files with large extradata, leaking native memory on each MediaCodec decoder configuration in Android applications and causing resource exhaustion.
Severity
LOW
CVSS score
2.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-09 19:16:55.977000
Last modified
2026-11-09 19:16:55.977000
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"id": "CVE-2026-125198",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-09T19:16:55.977",
"lastModified": "2026-11-09T19:16:55.977",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/22550",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg",
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