CVE-2026-65706: ffmpeg Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-65706 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 10Timeline
- 23-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 28-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
FFmpeg versions 3.0 through 8.1.2 contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the vf_swaprect video filter that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted NV12 video frame with odd width dimensions. The filter_frame() function reuses a temporary row buffer sized for plane 0's single-byte pixel step across all planes, causing an 18-byte memcpy into a 17-byte heap allocation when processing the two-byte-per-sample interleaved chroma plane of a 17x16 NV12 frame, resulting in heap corruption and process crash with potential for code execution.
CVSS metrics
9 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.5HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.5HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.5HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.5HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- NVDNIST8.5HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.19%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
8%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.06 pp
From 0.13% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard14 products
- eco-python-ffmpeg-6-minimalAll versions (No fix recorded)
- eco-python-ffmpeg-6-minimal-devAll versions (No fix recorded)
- eco-python-ffmpeg-6-minimal-staticAll versions (No fix recorded)
- eco-python-ffmpeg-7-minimalAll versions (No fix recorded)
- eco-python-ffmpeg-7-minimal-devAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi4 products
- ffmpeg-7All versions (No fix recorded)
- ffmpeg-7.1All versions (No fix recorded)
- ffmpeg-8.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- ffmpeg-8.1< 8.1.3-r0
Ubuntu2 products
- ffmpeg< 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 | < 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 | < 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm15 | < 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm13 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm4
- libavAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- ffmpegAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7:9.0.2-1
Ffmpeg1 product
- ffmpeg≥ 3.0, ≤ 8.1.2
5 vendors · 22 products
References
11 links- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-vf-swaprect-out-of-bounds-write-via-nv12-frame-processingThird Party AdvisoryREPORTAdvisory
