FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in dvbsub_encode() in libavcodec/dvbsubenc.c that undercounts each CLUT segment header by two bytes. Attackers can supply a file with many bitmap subtitle rectangles that, when transcoded to the dvbsub encoder, writes past the output buffer and corrupts heap memory.
History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in dvbsub_encode() in libavcodec/dvbsubenc.c that undercounts each CLUT segment header by two bytes. Attackers can supply a file with many bitmap subtitle rectangles that, when transcoded to the dvbsub encoder, writes past the output buffer and corrupts heap memory.
Title FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via DVB Subtitle Encoder
First Time appeared Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg ffmpeg
Weaknesses CWE-131
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg ffmpeg
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-11-09T19:11:44.406Z

Updated: 2026-11-09T19:11:44.406Z

Reserved: 2026-11-09T18:15:23.954Z

Link: CVE-2026-125233

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-09T19:17:01.293

Modified: 2026-11-10T21:46:26.160

Link: CVE-2026-125233

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