CVE-2026-125186 PUBLISHED

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 CPU Exhaustion via dts2pts Bitstream Filter

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

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the dts2pts bitstream filter that allows attackers to exhaust CPU through unbounded per-packet POC node allocation. Attackers can supply a crafted H.264 packet with many slices of alternating picture order counts, forcing h264_queue_frame() to allocate tree nodes per slice and deny 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

  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE