CVE-2026-66040

HIGH

FFmpeg Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via PNG/APNG eXIf Encoder

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0055
EPSS Percentile 42.7%
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
Status published
Products (2)
FFmpeg/FFmpeg < 8.1.2
FFmpeg/FFmpeg b506fafec9a19fcbc2be5271875fd4a63d6615bc
Published Jul 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 25, 2026