FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a reference count leak in libavcodec/v4l2buffers.c that allows attackers to deadlock the V4L2 mem2mem decoder…
CVE-2026-125191
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a reference count leak in libavcodec/v4l2buffers.c that allows attackers to deadlock the V4L2 mem2mem decoder on multi-plane capture formats. Attackers can supply crafted H.264, HEVC, or VP9 streams with resolution changes, making ffv4l2m2mcodecreinit() wait forever and hang the decoding application.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 5.7 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 9 November 2026
- Last updated
- 9 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25682
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/4d2d58efa9b9f3802893b1db0ea1edfbe1cc66ef
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/v4l2_buffers.c#L274
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-v4l2-m2m-decoder-deadlock-via-reference-count-leak
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