CVE-2026-66040

EUVD-2026-48742
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
8.8 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 41.87%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
ffmpegffmpeg
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≤ 8.1.2
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
ffmpeg
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
forky
vulnerable
sid
vulnerable
trixie
postponed
trixie (security)
vulnerable
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
ffmpeg
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
resolute
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
libav
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
dne
trusty
needs-triage