CVE-2026-125104
Discovered by AISLEPUBLISHEDCWE-789
Description
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ape_decode_frame() in libavcodec/apedec.c that fails to enforce the 73728-sample limit for legacy APE frames. Attackers can supply a crafted legacy Monkey's Audio file declaring an enormous nblocks value to force gigabyte-scale allocations and cause denial of service.
CVSS Base Scores
CVSS v4.06.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS v3.1
5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FFmpeg | FFmpeg | 0 | affected |
Credits
- Joshua Rogers (AISLE Research)(finder)
- Michael Niedermayer(remediation developer)
References
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/25703
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/968e9e948ed8c9ba90dbc875e60b843c755cf4ba
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/apedec.c#L1601
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-memory-exhaustion-dos-via-ape-decoder-apedec-c