CVE-2026-125180 FFmpeg 8.1 through 9.0.2 EXIF Parser Memory Exhaustion via Overlapping Tags

Medium 6.8 Published 9 Nov 2026 Updated 9 Nov 2026

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2026-125180?

CVE-2026-125180 is a medium-severity vulnerability in FFmpeg, published on 9 Nov 2026.

Official description

FFmpeg 8.1 through 9.0.2 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the libavcodec/exif.c parser that allows attackers to amplify allocations by pointing many IFD entries at overlapping payloads. Attackers can embed a small crafted EXIF block in TIFF, JPEG, PNG or WebP images to trigger quadratic memory allocation, causing denial of service in decoding applications.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-125180?

How do I fix CVE-2026-125180?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-125180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-125180 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-125180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hgc4-q7h6-33wq, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-125180.