FFmpeg 2.1 through 9.0.2 contains a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability in the PCX decoder that allows attackers to leak heap memory through truncated RLE scanlines. Attackers can craft a PCX image whose RLE data ends early, causing pcx_decode_frame() to copy uninitialized av_malloc() buffer contents into visible decoded pixels.
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Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:00:00 +0000
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| Description | FFmpeg 2.1 through 9.0.2 contains a use of uninitialized resource vulnerability in the PCX decoder that allows attackers to leak heap memory through truncated RLE scanlines. Attackers can craft a PCX image whose RLE data ends early, causing pcx_decode_frame() to copy uninitialized av_malloc() buffer contents into visible decoded pixels. | |
| Title | FFmpeg 2.1 through 9.0.2 Uninitialized Memory Leak via PCX Decoder | |
| First Time appeared |
Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg ffmpeg |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-908 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg ffmpeg |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-01T00:57:10.036Z
Reserved: 2026-10-31T22:05:57.768Z
Link: CVE-2026-120244
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-01T01:17:17.787
Modified: 2026-11-01T01:17:17.787
Link: CVE-2026-120244
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-11-01T02:45:10Z
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