CVE-2026-125251: high-severity vulnerability in FFmpeg
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 VVC Decoder Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via refs.c
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18Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the VVC decoder alloc_frame() function in libavcodec/vvc/refs.c that undersizes the reference picture list allocation on 32-bit builds. Attackers can supply a crafted VVC (H.266) file with a very large number of NAL units per access unit to trigger heap out-of-bounds writes and corrupt memory.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
FFmpeg · FFmpegRelated CVEs — FFmpeg
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-8461HIGHHeap out-of-bounds write via odd slice_height in FFmpeg MagicYUV decoderEPSS 1.6%CVE-2026-64831HIGHFFmpeg 8.0 - 8.1.2 Stack Buffer Overflow in Vulkan HEVC DecoderEPSS 0.9%CVE-2026-66040HIGHFFmpeg Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via PNG/APNG eXIf EncoderEPSS 0.8%CVE-2026-64834HIGHFFmpeg 0.6.3 - 8.1.2 Infinite Loop DoS via RTP/ASF DemuxerEPSS 0.7%CVE-2026-75143CRITICALFFmpeg Heap Buffer Overflow via RIST Protocol ReaderEPSS 0.7%CVE-2026-64830HIGHFFmpeg 2.1 - 8.1.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via VobSub Subtitle DemuxerEPSS 0.6%
References
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25572https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeghttps://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/vvc/refs.c#L148https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/053660fdb0d2403b838690689c47ad7685c3b10bhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-vvc-decoder-heap-out-of-bounds-write-via-refs-c