CVE-2026-125071 PUBLISHED

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 NULL Pointer Dereference in JV Video Decoder

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 09.11.2026 Published: 09.11.2026 Updated: 09.11.2026

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in libavcodec/jvdec.c that allows attackers to crash applications by supplying oversized JV video packets. Attackers can pass a roughly 268435460-byte packet through the libavcodec API, overflowing the bit count so decode_frame() reads from a NULL buffer and causes denial of service.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.7

Product Status

Vendor FFmpeg
Product FFmpeg
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 9.0.2 (incl.)

Credits

  • Joshua Rogers (AISLE Research) finder
  • Michael Niedermayer remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • Unchecked Return Value CWE