CVE-2026-125223
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
FFmpeg 8.0 through 9.0.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VP9 decoder that allows attackers to exhaust memory because vp9_decode_frame() skips resetting the CBS fragment on error paths. Attackers can supply a crafted VP9 stream with invalid tile sizes decoded with slice threading to leak packet buffers and units, exhausting memory in the decoding application.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.7
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-09 19:16:59.787000
Last modified
2026-11-09 22:18:45.093000
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"url": "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25232",
"source": "[email protected]"
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