CVE-2026-8461

HIGH

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in FFmpeg's libavcodec library, specifically in the MagicYUV decoder, allows denial-of-service and, in some cases, can be exploited for remote code execution. This vulnerability is associated with the file libavcodec/magicyuv.C. This issue affects FFmpeg before version 8.1.2.

CVSS v3.1 Score

8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Published: 6/18/2026Modified: 6/30/2026

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References (4)

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23159https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8461https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490308https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8461.json