CVE-2026-125180

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Description

FFmpeg 8.1 through 9.0.2 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the libavcodec/exif.c parser that allows attackers to amplify allocations by pointing many IFD entries at overlapping payloads. Attackers can embed a small crafted EXIF block in TIFF, JPEG, PNG or WebP images to trigger quadratic memory allocation, causing denial of service in decoding applications.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-8.1-through-9.0.2-exif-parser-memory-exhaustion-via-overlapping-tags

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/30fff47764e59f02ac7868bb832ed51a88f949fd

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/exif.c#L274

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-120269

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25408

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-09

Updated: 2026-11-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00165