CVE-2026-75144: ffmpeg Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-75144 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 19-08-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 21-08-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FFmpeg before commit 1cdeb3c contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the VC-2/Dirac RTP packetizer (libavformat/rtpenc_vc2hq.c) that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption by supplying a crafted Dirac data unit. The packetizer copies an input-derived data unit or fragment size into a fixed-size buffer without an upper bound check, causing a heap buffer overflow when the crafted input is packetized for RTP output.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().