FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in aribcaption_trans_text_subtitle() in libavcodec/libaribcaption.c when decoding with sub_type text. Attackers can supply a crafted ARIB STD-B24 caption stream with zero regions, causing a pointer write past a zero-sized sub->rects allocation and corrupting heap memory.
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Description FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in aribcaption_trans_text_subtitle() in libavcodec/libaribcaption.c when decoding with sub_type text. Attackers can supply a crafted ARIB STD-B24 caption stream with zero regions, causing a pointer write past a zero-sized sub->rects allocation and corrupting heap memory.
Title FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Heap Overflow in libaribcaption Text Subtitle Decoding
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, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T19:11:27.398Z

Reserved: 2026-11-09T18:15:15.655Z

Link: CVE-2026-125210

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-09T19:16:57.793

Modified: 2026-11-09T19:16:57.793

Link: CVE-2026-125210

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