Vulnerability · Published Sep 13, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2026-52297

Low 2.9

In plain English

A low-severity out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg from FFmpeg. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.9Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

FFmpeg before 9.0 has an out-of-bounds read because there is insufficiently padded extradata in the MOV parsing path in mov_read_iacb in libavformat/mov.c.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13ffmpeg7:7.1.5-0+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52297
Debian:14ffmpeg7:8.1.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52297
Ubuntu:26.10ffmpegno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52297

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
FFmpeg FFmpeg 0 – before 9.0

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References