CVE-2026-125227 PUBLISHED

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via cbs_jpeg_write_scan Integer Overflow

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

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an integer overflow in cbs_jpeg_write_scan() in libavcodec/cbs_jpeg.c that causes a heap buffer overflow on 32-bit builds. Attackers can supply a crafted MJPEG/JPEG stream with a scan of 512 MiB or more, processed by CBS bitstream filters like filter_units, to corrupt the heap or crash the application.

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 7.3

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

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

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

CVE-2026-125227 PUBLISHED

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via cbs_jpeg_write_scan Integer Overflow

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