Infinite loop Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,8.1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-20883293
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-107695  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 8.1.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop via the parse_playlist process. An attacker can exhaust system resources by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted self-referencing playlist, which causes unbounded CPU and I/O consumption.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1