MEDIUM 5.7 NVD
CVE-2026-125215
FFmpeg 7.1 through 9.0.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in ff_dovi_rpu_generate() in libavcodec/dovi_rpuenc.c that allows attackers to crash
FFmpeg 7.1 through 9.0.2 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in ff_dovi_rpu_generate() in libavcodec/dovi_rpuenc.c that allows attackers to crash applications via crafted Dolby Vision RPU metadata. Attackers can supply streams with default or alternating omitted DM blocks to the dovi_rpu bitstream filter with compression enabled, causing denial of service.
References
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24514
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25606
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/dovi_rpuenc.c#L741
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/11c4b420183cb2d6cd4afaa53de57d400a45e09e
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.7 was published on 2026-11-09 via NVD.
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