FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Stack Exhaustion via Recursive Free of pssh Boxes

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    "title": "FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Stack Exhaustion via Recursive Free of pssh Boxes",
    "summary": "FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability in av_encryption_init_info_free() in libavutil/encryption_info.c, which recursively frees AVEncryptionInitInfo linked lists built by the MOV demuxer's mov_read_pssh(). Attackers can supply a crafted MP4 file with tens of thousands of small pssh boxes to exhaust the stack and crash the process, while also causing quadratic CPU consumption.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:46.183572934Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg",
        "https://ffmpeg.org/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/107xxx/CVE-2026-107678.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107678",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-stack-exhaustion-via-recursive-free-of-pssh-boxes",
        "https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24593",
        "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavformat/mov.c#L8070",
        "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavutil/encryption_info.c#L219-L231"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 514363,
  "published_at": "2026-10-08T15:28:43.274+00:00"
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