CVE-2026-66040

NameCVE-2026-66040
DescriptionFFmpeg 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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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ffmpeg (PTS)bullseye7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)7:4.3.9-0+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)7:5.1.9-0+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie (security), trixie7:7.1.5-0+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid7:8.1.2-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ffmpegsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23786
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/b506fafec9a19fcbc2be5271875fd4a63d6615bc

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