[UPDATE] [medium] ffmpeg: Vulnerability allows Denial of Service
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in ffmpeg to conduct a Denial of Service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a remote, anonymous attacker to conduct a Denial of Service attack.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of ffmpeg.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for service disruption.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of ffmpeg.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2015
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-127060.45% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 37% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-12706 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for ffmpeg
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- highCVE-2026-67290: FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the TSMF FFmpeg deco…nvd · 2026-08-01
- high[UPDATE] [high] ffmpeg: Vulnerability allows code execution and Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-31
- high[NEW] [high] ffmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-27
- highCVE-2026-66041: FFmpeg 7.0 through 8.1.2, fixed in commit 4da9812, contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnera…nvd · 2026-07-24
- highCVE-2026-66040: FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit b506faf, contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerabili…nvd · 2026-07-24
- highCVE-2026-66039: FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit aafb5c6, contains a signed integer overflow vulnerabilit…nvd · 2026-07-24
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