CVE-2026-107678
mediumpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileDEUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability in av_encryption_init_info_free() in libavutil/encryption_info.c, which recursively frees AVEncryptionInitInfo linked lists built by the MOV demuxer's mov_read_pssh(). Attackers can supply a crafted MP4 file with tens of thousands of small pssh boxes to exhaust the stack and crash the process, while also causing quadratic CPU consumption.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.9–5.7
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-3820ffmpeg: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-10-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in ffmpeg ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Daten zu manipulieren und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
sources
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references (5) nvd
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- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24593Issue TrackingPatch
- https://ffmpeg.org/Product
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavformat/mov.c#L8070Product
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavutil/encryption_info.c#L219-L231Product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-stack-exhaustion-via-recursive-free-of-pssh-boxesThird Party Advisory
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