CVE-2026-125173
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Memory Leak in FFmpeg via EVC Stream Processing

Publication date: 2026-11-09

Last updated on: 2026-11-09

Assigner: VulnCheck

Description
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in libxevd_receive_frame() in libavcodec/libxevd.c that fails to free pkt_au when an access unit produces no picture. Attackers can supply a crafted EVC stream with many access units containing only parameter sets or non-frame NAL units to exhaust memory in the decoding application.

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Published
2026-11-09
Last Modified
2026-11-09
Generated
2026-11-09
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-125173
EUVD
EUVD-2026-120262

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Vendor Product Version / Range
FFmpeg FFmpeg From 7.0 (inc) to 9.0.2 (inc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-401 The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

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