CVE-2026-120244

Name	CVE-2026-120244
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ffmpeg (PTS)	bookworm, bookworm (security)	7:5.1.9-0+deb12u1	vulnerable
	trixie (security), trixie	7:7.1.5-0+deb13u1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	7:9.0.2-4	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
ffmpeg	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24868
Introduced with: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/50617fce073ca3e360388b38a83341e37db92b80 (n2.1)
Fixed by: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ecd5dfc308a164757e7f25b1afefd8db21b43cf9