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Medium · 4.9 CVE-2026-40962 EUVD-2026-23153GHSA-48wr-p98v-9w5h

FFmpeg before 8.1 has an integer overflow and resultant out-of-bounds write via CENC (Common Encryption) subsample data to libavformat/mov.…

Published Apr 16, 2026 · Updated Apr 16, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

FFmpeg before 8.1 has an integer overflow and resultant out-of-bounds write via CENC (Common Encryption) subsample data to libavformat/mov.c.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
FFmpeg FFmpeg 4.1 – < 8.1 8.1

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 ffmpeg 7:8.1-1 —
Debian 13 ffmpeg 7:7.1.4-0+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 ffmpeg 7:5.1.9-0+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 ffmpeg No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 ffmpeg No fix yet —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm1 USN-8469-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm10 USN-8469-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm12 USN-8469-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 USN-8469-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS libav No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ai 3 ffmpeg +18 6.1.6-9.el9ai RHSA-2026:74089
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 ffmpeg-4 4.4.7-150600.13.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2445-1
SLES 15 SP4 ffmpeg-4 4.4.7-150400.3.67.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2444-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 ffmpeg-4 4.4.7-150400.3.67.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2444-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 ffmpeg-4 4.4.7-150400.3.67.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2444-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed ffmpeg-4 4.4.6-12.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10767-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed ffmpeg-7 7.1.3-3.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10768-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 ffmpeg-7 7.1.4-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21211-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling ffmpeg-7 No fix yet —
Wolfi rolling ffmpeg-7.1 7.1.3-r6 —
Wolfi rolling ffmpeg-7.1-libswscale8 +1 7.1.5-r2 —
Wolfi rolling ffmpeg-8.0 8.0.1-r7 —

Advisories 8

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