Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,7.1.4)[8.0,8.1.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-FFMPEG-17117554
  • published1 Jun 2026
  • disclosed13 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-30997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 7.1.4, 8.1.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the read_global_param function. An attacker can cause the application to crash or become unavailable by supplying specially crafted input that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1