CVE-2026-125067

MEDIUM 5.5

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 VBLE Decoder NULL Pointer Dereference via vble_decode_frame()

CVSS Score

5.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in vble_decode_frame() in libavcodec/vble.c because it ignores init_get_bits() failure on oversized packets. Attackers can supply a crafted AVI file with a 268435452-byte VBLE frame, causing reads from a NULL bit reader buffer that crash the process.

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/1206df65e54b6e9c01459c7cd9a95f9bde2736d7 github.com: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/vble.c#L139 github.com: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-vble-decoder-null-pointer-dereference-via-vble-decode-frame

Credits

Joshua Rogers (AISLE Research) Michael Niedermayer