CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-125180

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

May lead to memory exhaustion and denial of service in image processing applications.

Recommendation

Update FFmpeg to a patched version or restrict processing of untrusted images with EXIF metadata until updated.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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