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🛡️ JLSEC-2026-1186 — ffmpeg-jll (CVE-2026-66040)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit b506faf, contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability...

FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit b506faf, contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the native PNG and APNG encoders that allows remote attackers to corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted PNG image with a malicious eXIf chunk. Attackers can craft an eXIf chunk where multiple IFD entries reference the same large value payload, causing canonical serialization to expand the output far beyond the undersized allocation estimated by add_exif_profile_size(), resulting in png_write_chunk() writing tens of thousands of bytes past the buffer boundary, leading to deterministic heap corruption, process crash, and potentially arbitrary code execution.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Passive — a victim action is involved, but not a deliberate one.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

JLSEC-2026-1186 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • ffmpeg-jll
  • ffmpeg-nogpl-jll
  • ffplay-jll

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2026 and last revised on 8 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

code.ffmpeg.org (Web)
code.ffmpeg.org (Web)
github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)
www.vulncheck.com (Web)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-07
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ffmpeg-jll — —
ffmpeg-nogpl-jll — —
ffplay-jll — —

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