CVE-2026-125065

MEDIUM 5.5

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 NULL Pointer Dereference via TGV Decoder eatgv.c

CVSS Score

5.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in tgv_decode_inter() in libavcodec/eatgv.c that ignores init_get_bits() failure on oversized packets. Attackers can supply a crafted EA file with a kVGT frame followed by an fVGT inter frame with a 2^28-byte compressed block section, crashing the process for denial of service.

CWE	CWE-252
Vendor	ffmpeg
Product	ffmpeg
Published	Nov 9, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

FFmpeg / FFmpeg

0 ≤ 9.0.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

code.ffmpeg.org: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25704 github.com: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/9691e4fde64e14de73c298562c4e475f9412b5ad github.com: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/eatgv.c#L212 github.com: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-null-pointer-dereference-via-tgv-decoder-eatgv-c

Credits

Joshua Rogers (AISLE Research) Michael Niedermayer