FFmpeg versions from 0.5 up to, but not including, 9.0 contain a signed integer overflow vulnerability in the DVB subtitle parser in libavcodec/dvbsub_parser.c that allows attackers to trigger a heap buffer overflow by supplying a crafted WTV file. The overflow causes the bounds-check guard expression to wrap to INT_MIN, bypassing the PARSE_BUF_SIZE comparison and invoking memcpy() with attacker-controlled data into a heap buffer, resulting in an out-of-bounds heap write and potential memory corruption or code execution.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 8.5 (HIGH)
- CVSS 4.0 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/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)
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libavcodec57 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswresample-ffmpeg1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-extra58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswscale5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswscale9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libpostproc55 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswresample3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libpostproc57 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavutil60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavdevice-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswscale4 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavresample4 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter-extra9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavdevice-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavutil-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libpostproc54 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswresample6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavutil56 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-extra60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavdevice60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libpostproc-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavutil55 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavresample-ffmpeg2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter-ffmpeg5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswscale7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswresample-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavresample3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter-extra6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavdevice57 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswscale-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavdevice62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ffmpeg (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavutil-ffmpeg54 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavutil58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra57 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libav-tools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswresample2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter-extra11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavdevice58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswresample4 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat-extra62 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavresample-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat58 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavfilter-extra7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavcodec-extra60 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libswscale-ffmpeg3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libavformat57 (Ubuntu Pro) | Aug 26, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 |
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