CVE-2026-66039

HIGH

FFmpeg MACE6 Audio Decoder Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via CAF File

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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