CVE-2026-66040

High

Description

FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit b506faf, contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the native PNG and APNG encoders that allows remote attackers to corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted PNG image with a malicious eXIf chunk. Attackers can craft an eXIf chunk where multiple IFD entries reference the same large value payload, causing canonical serialization to expand the output far beyond the undersized allocation estimated by add_exif_profile_size(), resulting in png_write_chunk() writing tens of thousands of bytes past the buffer boundary, leading to deterministic heap corruption, process crash, and potentially arbitrary code execution.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductFfmpeg
PublishedJul 24, 2026
First seenJul 24, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-122CWE-122

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ffmpeg ffmpegv ≤ 8.1.2—

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