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CVE-2026-125186

5.7 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.7) in ffmpeg ffmpeg. EPSS 0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

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FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the dts2pts bitstream filter that allows attackers to exhaust CPU through unbounded per-packet POC node allocation. Attackers can supply a crafted H.264 packet with many slices of alternating picture order counts, forcing h264_queue_frame() to allocate tree nodes per slice and deny service.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

5.7 medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

4.7 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 5th percentile. Scored 2026-11-10. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
CISA's assessment (SSVC)
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-09. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
CWE
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
Assigned by
VulnCheck (CNA)
NVD analysis
Awaiting analysis
Record from
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Affected

Versions

From the CNA's record in the CVE List.

ProductAffected
FFmpegthrough 9.0.2

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits. More on the page of CWE-770 (20).

References

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