CVE-2026-75144
HIGH 8.5 ALL-YEARSFFmpeg before commit 1cdeb3c contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the VC-2/Dirac RTP packetizer (libavformat/rtpenc_vc2hq.c) that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption by supplying a crafted Dirac data unit. The packetizer copies an input-derived data unit or fragment size into a fixed-size buffer without an upper bound check, causing a heap buffer overflow when the crafted input is packetized for RTP output.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 8.5), but no confirmed exploitation. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 10th percentile
Impact if exploited
8.5CVSS 4.0 · HIGH · CNA
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ⚠Access: Requires local access to the host
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ⚠User interaction: Succeeds with passive user activity
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ✓Requirements: No special attack requirements
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References and research data (JSON)
Vendor product assessments
ffmpeg.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 · known affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:rpm/redhat/ffmpeg?arch=src
- workaround: No mitigation is currently available for this flaw.
- none available: Fix deferred
rhoai/odh-vllm-gaudi-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) · known affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
pkg:oci/odh-vllm-gaudi-rhel9?repository_url=registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-vllm-gaudi-rhel9
- workaround: No mitigation is currently available for this flaw.
- none available: Fix deferred
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 8.5 v4.0 · CNA Primary
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - HIGH 7.8 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 8.5 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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 - HIGH 7.8 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Patches & mitigations
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/1cdeb3c4e7f1f8566d846b9b451e01c376398818 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-08-19T16:26:53.987Z
NVD · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-31T20:37:35.877
Red Hat · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-28T09:25:43+00:00
Advisories
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-heap-buffer-overflow-in-vc-2-dirac-rtp-packetizer CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-08-19T16:26:53.987Z
NVD · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-31T20:37:35.877
Red Hat · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-28T09:25:43+00:00 - https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-75144.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-28T09:25:43+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-62581 EUVD · EUVD-2026-62581
Technical & other
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24091 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-08-19T16:26:53.987Z
NVD · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-31T20:37:35.877
Red Hat · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-28T09:25:43+00:00 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-75144 Red Hat · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-28T09:25:43+00:00
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519760 Red Hat · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-28T09:25:43+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75144 Red Hat · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-28T09:25:43+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75144 Red Hat · CVE-2026-75144 · Updated 2026-08-28T09:25:43+00:00
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