CVE-2026-66040

ffmpeg: FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit b506faf, contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the native PNG an...

CVE-2026-66040 is fixed in ffmpeg on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-66040 (version 7:9.0.2-1), released July 24, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0078
56th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
ffmpeg · Debian 14 7:9.0.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-66040 Jul 24, 2026

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