CVE-2026-66039
HIGHFFmpeg MACE6 Audio Decoder Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via CAF File
Title source: cnaDescription
FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit aafb5c6, contains a signed integer overflow vulnerability in the MACE6 audio decoder that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted CAF file with a malicious bytes_per_packet value. Attackers can craft a CAF file with oversized bytes_per_packet and frames_per_packet values in the desc chunk to trigger an integer overflow in mace_decode_frame() during output sample count computation, resulting in an undersized buffer allocation and heap out-of-bounds write that could enable code execution.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch patch
Patch Commit
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/aafb5c655edc76a753275c383ebb139feb032718
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-mace6-audio-decoder-heap-out-of-bounds-write-via-caf-file
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
34.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-122
CWE-190
Status
published
Products (2)
FFmpeg/FFmpeg
< 8.1.2
FFmpeg/FFmpeg
aafb5c655edc76a753275c383ebb139feb032718
Published
Jul 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 25, 2026