FFmpeg Heap Buffer Overflow via RIST Protocol Reader

published 2026-08-19 2 mo ago modified 2026-10-27 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-62580

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

FFmpeg before commit 1c10bcc contains a heap buffer overflow in the RIST protocol reader (libavformat/librist.c). librist_read() ignored its size argument and copied the full received payload length into the caller-provided destination buffer, overflowing it when the payload exceeds the destination size. This is reachable via the async:rist:// URL scheme, where the async wrapper supplies a smaller buffer than the received payload. A remote RIST sender can trigger the overflow by sending a packet whose payload exceeds the caller buffer size.

Patch / fix

distros 4 links 1

debian ubuntu suse opensuse

ffmpeg Debian 14 7:9.0.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-75143

ffmpeg Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm15
ffmpeg Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm13
ffmpeg Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-75143

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

ffmpeg-4 SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 4.4.8-150400.3.75.1
ffmpeg-4 SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 4.4.8-150600.13.55.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4150-1 SUSE-SU-2026:4149-1

ffmpeg-7 openSUSE Leap 16.0 7.1.5-160000.1.1
ffmpeg-4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.4.8-5.1
ffmpeg-8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.1.2-3.1
ffmpeg-7 openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.5-2.1
ffmpeg-9 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.0.1-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21877-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11716-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11682-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11665-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11659-1

code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg@1c10bcc commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-75143 updated 2026-08-31 cvss 8.8

ffmpeg: FFmpeg Heap Buffer Overflow via RIST Protocol Reader

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 ffmpeg Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-vllm-gaudi-rhel9
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 mo ago (2026-08-20)

Exploit prediction

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

FFmpeg FFmpeg

Classification

Weakness

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

code.ffmpeg.org /FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/1c10bcc2e17255dacb717a25ab3db142ce390602
patch
code.ffmpeg.org /FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24089
issue-tracking
vulncheck.com /advisories/ffmpeg-heap-buffer-overflow-via-rist-protocol-reader
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-75143
NVD CVE-2026-75143

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Summary