CVE-2026-125209
Received
Received - Intake
Heap Buffer Overflow in FFmpeg DVD Subtitle Encoder
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-125209, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-11-09
Last updated on: 2026-11-09
Assigner: VulnCheck
Description
Description
FFmpeg before 8.1.3 and 9.x before 9.0.2 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the DVD subtitle encoder that underestimates RLE output size for odd-width rectangles. Attackers can supply files with crafted bitmap subtitles that, when transcoded to the dvdsub encoder, write past the output buffer and corrupt heap memory.
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-131 | The product does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow. |
