MEDIUM 6.8 NVD
CVE-2026-125220
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a deadlock vulnerability in mimic_decode_frame() in libavcodec/mimic.c that fails to report frame progress when init_get_bits8() f
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a deadlock vulnerability in mimic_decode_frame() in libavcodec/mimic.c that fails to report frame progress when init_get_bits8() fails. Attackers can supply a crafted file with an oversized Mimic intra frame followed by inter frames to hang frame-threaded decoding indefinitely.
References
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25718
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/mimic.c#L403
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/db77b0b8318ddb38b5a3227724da088a325a4308
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-mimic-decoder-deadlock-via-frame
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8 was published on 2026-11-09 via NVD.
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