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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-66040
Name
CVE-2026-66040
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
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.
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Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
ffmpeg
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


8.7
CVSSv4
8.8
CVSSv31
8.8
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
6.1.5
Exploitable
buildroot
master
6.1.5
Exploitable
openwrt
master
6.1.4-r2
Exploitable
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
6.1.4-r1
Exploitable
yocto
kirkstone
5.0.3
Exploitable
yocto
master
8.1.2
Exploitable