Memory corruption via unchecked stream count
Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 21, 2026
Stack buffer overflow in the MPEG-PS muxer in FFmpeg before commit 9d786e4 allows attackers to corrupt memory via high-stream-count input. In libavformat/mpegenc.c, the muxer uses a fixed-size stack buffer for per-stream bookkeeping and writes past that buffer when the number of streams exceeds the buffer's capacity. Reachability requires attacker-controlled media to be processed in an MPEG-PS muxing workflow, so the practical result is a crash or broader memory corruption in the calling process rather than a directly reachable network flaw.
Summary
What happened
Stack buffer overflow in the MPEG-PS muxer in FFmpeg before commit 9d786e4 allows attackers to corrupt memory via high-stream-count input. In libavformat/mpegenc.c, the muxer uses a fixed-size stack buffer for per-stream bookkeeping and writes past that buffer when the number of streams exceeds the buffer's capacity. Reachability requires attacker-controlled media to be processed in an MPEG-PS muxing workflow, so the practical result is a crash or broader memory corruption in the calling process rather than a directly reachable network flaw.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-75142
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 21, 2026
- Vendor
- FFmpeg
- Product
- FFmpeg
- Classifications
- CWE-121
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <9d786e4b5e9b8482651928574de33772aeee7be1
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