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CVE-2026-120458

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-11-02 Modified: 2026-11-02

Description

Kvazaar through 2.3.2 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in read_header() in src/encmain.c that allows attackers to hang the command-line encoder by supplying a truncated Y4M header. Attackers can provide a crafted .y4m file lacking a terminating newline, causing unchecked EOF reads that hang the process indefinitely while consuming a full CPU core.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-835

References