FFmpeg through 9.0.2 NULL Pointer Dereference in JV Video Decoder
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fix or patch referenced
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Apply the patch listed under Evidence.
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 6/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 has a NULL pointer dereference in its JV video decoder that can crash applications that use it. An attacker who can get the software to process a specially crafted, oversized JV video packet can trigger a denial of service; the attack is local and requires some user interaction.
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Read the original description
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.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure?/25Unknown. No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity5.7/10CVSS 5.7
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 61 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 56 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 28 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Apply the patch listed under Evidence.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- FFmpeg FFmpeg
through 9.0.2
Evidence 5
- Patch
- Report
- Repository
- Repository
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-125071
Is CVE-2026-125071 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-125071?
FFmpeg: through 9.0.2.Source: cve.now feed data