CVE-2026-125237 PUBLISHED

FFmpeg 8.1 through 9.0.2 Denial of Service via DPX Vulkan Hwaccel Error Path

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

FFmpeg 8.1 through 9.0.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in libavcodec/dpx.c that leaves dpx->hwaccel_picture_private allocated when Vulkan hwaccel callbacks fail. Attackers can supply crafted DPX images that make start_frame, decode_slice or end_frame fail, triggering an av_assert0 abort on the next frame and terminating the decoding application.

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

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	High	Integrity	None	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:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 4.7

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	FFmpeg
Product	FFmpeg
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 8.1 to 9.0.2 (incl.)

CVE-2026-125237 PUBLISHED

FFmpeg 8.1 through 9.0.2 Denial of Service via DPX Vulkan Hwaccel Error Path

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