FFmpeg versions 2.1 through 8.1.2 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the VobSub subtitle demuxer that allows attackers to corrupt adjacent heap memory by supplying a malicious .sub/.idx subtitle file declaring more distinct stream IDs than the fixed-size array bounds in libavformat/mpeg.c. Attackers can craft a subtitle file with excessive distinct stream IDs to trigger unbounded writes beyond the vobsub->q[] array boundary via ff_subtitles_queue_insert(), potentially achieving arbitrary code execution in any application using FFmpeg's VobSub demuxer.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libavformat-extra58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra57 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ffmpeg (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-extra60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec57 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat57 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter-ffmpeg5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-extra62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu Pro) | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 |
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