CVE-2026-66040
HIGHFFmpeg Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via PNG/APNG eXIf Encoder
Title source: cnaDescription
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
Core References
Patch patch
Patch Commit
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/b506fafec9a19fcbc2be5271875fd4a63d6615bc
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-heap-out-of-bounds-write-via-png-apng-exif-encoder
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