Bug 2569616 (CVE-2026-125172)

Summary: CVE-2026-125172 ffmpeg: ffmpeg: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in libxevd
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Version: unspecifiedCC: bbrownin
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A flaw was found in FFmpeg. An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the libxevd decoder due to improper validation of Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit length prefixes against remaining packet data. By tricking a user or system into processing specially crafted Essential Video Coding (EVC) media, an attacker could cause the application to read beyond the packet buffer. This flaw primarily leads to an application crash, causing a Denial of Service (DoS), and may also allow disclosure of adjacent heap memory.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-10 13:14:39 UTC
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in libxevd_receive_frame() in libavcodec/libxevd.c that fails to validate NAL unit length prefixes against remaining packet data. Attackers can supply crafted EVC media with oversized 4-byte NAL length prefixes, causing libxevd to read past the packet buffer, crashing the application or exposing adjacent heap memory.