Use of Uninitialized Variable Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:7.1.5-0+deb13u1+e10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-FFMPEG-22132800
  • published2 Nov 2026
  • disclosed1 Nov 2026

Introduced: 1 Nov 2026

NewCVE-2026-120246  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-457  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest ffmpeg to version 7:7.1.5-0+deb13u1+e10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

FFmpeg 4.4 through 9.0.2 contains a use of uninitialized variable vulnerability in the CDXL decoder that leaks stack memory into decoded pixels via unfilled HAM palette entries. Attackers can craft a type-0 CDXL file whose HAM pixels select unfilled new_palette entries in cdxl_decode_ham8() or cdxl_decode_ham6(), exposing stack bytes and pointer fragments in the BGR24 output.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1