GHSA-r322-5w3w-7x79MediumCVSS 5.5

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ape_decode_frame() in...

Published
November 9, 2026
Last Modified
November 9, 2026

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📋 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.

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