Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-FFMPEG-17391819
  • published21 Jun 2026
  • disclosed18 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-8461  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write via the MagicYUV decoder process in the libavcodec library. An attacker can cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by submitting a specially crafted file that triggers an odd slice_height value.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1