CVE-2026-125232 json
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Division by Zero in B-frame Motion Estimation
published 2d ago modified yesterday also EUVD-2026-120182
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a division by zero vulnerability in estimate_motion_b() in libavcodec/motion_est.c, caused by frame timestamp distances truncated to 16 bits. Attackers can supply input with timestamp gaps that are multiples of 65536, crashing MPEG-4 Part 2 or MPEG-1/2 B-frame encoding with SIGFPE.
Patch / fix
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2d ago
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.8 | 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 |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.8 | 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- FFmpeg FFmpeg
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-369 Divide By Zero
References
-
github.com
/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/bf0a2e4680df92d8de6514090d350152eb7845b8
patch
-
github.com
/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/16d19ccbce802634662a9bf18a5679cf27da2848
patch
-
code.ffmpeg.org
/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24552
issue-tracking
-
github.com
/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavcodec/motion_est.c#L1153
technical-description
-
github.com
/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
product
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-division-by-zero-in-b-frame-motion-estimation
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-125232
- NVD CVE-2026-125232
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