Description
When calculating the content path in handling of MPEG-DASH manifests, there's an out-of-bounds NUL-byte write one byte past the end of the buffer.When we call xmlNodeGetContent below [0], it returns a buffer precisely allocated to match the string length, using strdup internally. If this buffer is not an empty string, it is assigned to root_url at [1].If the last (non-NUL) byte in this buffer is not '/' then we append '/' in-place at [2]. This will write two bytes into the buffer, starting at the last valid byte in the buffer, writing the NUL byte beyond the end of the allocated buffer.
We recommend upgrading to version 8.0 or beyond.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FFmpeg | MPEG-DASH | 7.1.1 – < 8.0, a218cafe4d3be005ab0c61130f90db4d21afb5db – < 8.0 | 8.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 25.10 | ffmpeg | 7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.2 | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | ffmpeg | 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm7 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | ffmpeg | 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm11 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | ffmpeg | 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm12 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | libav | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | ffmpeg-4 | 4.4.6-150600.13.33.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2445-1, SUSE-SU-2025:3715-1 |
| SLES 15 SP6 | ffmpeg-4 | 4.4.6-150600.13.33.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:3715-1 |
| SLES 15 SP4 | ffmpeg-4 | 4.4.6-150400.3.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2444-1, SUSE-SU-2025:3810-1 |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 15 SP4 | ffmpeg-4 | 4.4.6-150400.3.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2444-1, SUSE-SU-2025:3810-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP4 | ffmpeg-4 | 4.4.6-150400.3.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2444-1, SUSE-SU-2025:3810-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | ffmpeg-4 | 4.4.6-9.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15640-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | ffmpeg-4 | 4.4.6-150600.13.33.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:3715-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | ffmpeg | 8.0-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | ffmpeg | 8.0-r0 | — |
Advisories 6
- SUSE-SU-2026:2444-1 Security update for ffmpeg-4 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jun 19, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:2445-1 Security update for ffmpeg-4 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jun 19, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-2130 ffmpeg: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jun 18, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15640-1 ffmpeg-4-4.4.6-9.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:3810-1 Security update for ffmpeg-4 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:3715-1 Security update for ffmpeg-4 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026