CVE-2026-120244 PUBLISHED

FFmpeg 2.1 through 9.0.2 Uninitialized Memory Leak via PCX Decoder

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 31.10.2026 Published: 01.11.2026 Updated: 01.11.2026

FFmpeg 2.1 through 9.0.2 contains a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability in the PCX decoder that allows attackers to leak heap memory through truncated RLE scanlines. Attackers can craft a PCX image whose RLE data ends early, causing pcx_decode_frame() to copy uninitialized av_malloc() buffer contents into visible decoded pixels.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.5

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	FFmpeg
Product	FFmpeg
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 2.1 to 9.0.2 (incl.)

CVE-2026-120244 PUBLISHED

FFmpeg 2.1 through 9.0.2 Uninitialized Memory Leak via PCX Decoder

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