CVE-2026-125231
FFmpeg 4.4 through 9.0.2 NULL Pointer Dereference via adx_decode_header()
FFmpeg 4.4 through 9.0.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in libavcodec/adxdec.c because adx_decode_header() updates the channel layout before validating the sample rate. Attackers can supply a crafted ADX/AAX stream with mid-stream new-extradata side data carrying an invalid sample rate, causing adx_decode() to write through NULL plane pointers and crash the application.
Public vulnerability details
- Record state
- Published
- Published (UTC)
- Last updated (UTC)
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (CVSS v4.0, from VulnCheck)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CISA KEV
- No KEV entry in this record. This does not show that the CVE is absent from the KEV catalog.
- Additional data from
- CISA-ADP
FHE assessment
No FHE assessment is available in this application yet. This does not mean FHE cannot mitigate an impact of this CVE.
References
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25703 (VulnCheck)
- Patch Commit (VulnCheck)
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/adxdec.c#L77 (VulnCheck)
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg (VulnCheck)
- VulnCheck Advisory: FFmpeg 4.4 through 9.0.2 NULL Pointer Dereference via adx_decode_header() (VulnCheck)
Source
CVE JSON 5.2 record from the CVE List archive 2026-11-09_delta_CVEs_at_end_of_day.zip, which covers changes through . Imported .