FFmpeg 4.4 - 8.1.2 Out-of-Bounds Memory Access in ADX Audio Decoder
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
FFmpeg versions 4.4 through 8.1.2 contain an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the ADX audio decoder within libavcodec/adxdec.c that allows attackers to trigger both out-of-bounds reads and writes by supplying a crafted ADX or AAX audio file with a mid-stream channel layout change. When AV_PKT_DATA_NEW_EXTRADATA side data is received mid-stream, the adx_decode_frame function re-parses the stream header but fails to update the internal channel state, causing subsequent decoding operations to access the prev[] state array using a stale channel count.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat 45 advisories
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Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64835
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p2v8-4c4f-rwpq
- 2026-10-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:76043 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-06 Fix available: RHSA-2026:76041 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-06 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI 3.3 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-07 Fix available: RHSA-2026:73987 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: RHSA-2026:80735 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: RHSA-2026:80739 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: RHSA-2026:80740 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: RHSA-2026:80757 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: RHSA-2026:80760 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: RHSA-2026:81128 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:84734 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Patch 2
More Ffmpeg vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-19015 FFmpeg git-master before commit d5873b was discovered to contain a memory leak in the component libavutil/iamf.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-21238 FFmpeg 7.0 contains a heap-buffer-overflow at libavfilter/vf_tiltandshift.c:189:5 in copy_column. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2023-06050 Ffmpeg: null pointer dereference in ffmpeg hls parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-28420 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2023-27357 FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a heap-based buffer overflow via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2023-27044 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg version n6.1-3-g466799d4f5, allows a local… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-64835 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64835 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p2v8-4c4f-rwpq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-64835 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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