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UBUNTU-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
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
libav
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
ffmpeg
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
ffmpeg
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
ffmpeg
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
ffmpeg
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
ffmpeg
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10
ffmpeg
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS
ffmpeg
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org
- report code.ffmpeg.org
- report code.ffmpeg.org
- report code.ffmpeg.org
- report ffmpeg.org
- report vuldb.com
- report vuldb.com
- report vuldb.com
- report vuldb.com