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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90816

A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg 8.0.x. This affects the function parse_playlist of the file libavformat/hlsproto.c of the component Duration Parse...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg 8.0.x. This affects the function parse_playlist of the file libavformat/hlsproto.c of the component Duration Parser. Performing a manipulation of the argument duration/target_duration results in denial of service. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Upgrading to version 8.1 and 9.0 is able to mitigate this issue. The patch is named 64fafd63f0b4. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 ffmpeg

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 ffmpeg

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 ffmpeg

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7:8.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org