CVE-2026-8461

Published: Jun 18, 2026Modified: Jul 15, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: reefs@jfrog.com (Secondary)

Description

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in FFmpeg's libavcodec library, specifically in the MagicYUV decoder, allows denial-of-service and, in some cases, can be exploited for remote code execution. This vulnerability is associated with the file libavcodec/magicyuv.C. This issue affects FFmpeg before version 8.1.2.

Related CWEs

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (4)

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23159

Source: reefs@jfrog.com

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8461

Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490308

Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8461.json

Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

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