CVE-2026-125265
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Use-After-Free via NVDEC Stale Bitstream Pointer
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in libavcodec/nvdec.c because ff_nvdec_start_frame() fails to reset ctx->bitstream after slice errors. Attackers can supply crafted video that abandons a picture before end_frame, causing cuvidDecodePicture() to read freed heap memory, crashing applications or exposing stale heap contents.
Public vulnerability details
- Record state
- Published
- Published (UTC)
- Last updated (UTC)
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (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
- None
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/25231 (VulnCheck)
- Patch Commit (VulnCheck)
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/nvdec.c#L694 (VulnCheck)
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg (VulnCheck)
- VulnCheck Advisory: FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Use-After-Free via NVDEC Stale Bitstream Pointer (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 .