CVE-2026-66039

FFmpeg MACE6 Audio Decoder Heap Out-of-Bounds Write via CAF File

State
Published
Severity
8.7 High
Published
Jul 24, 2026
Updated
Jul 29, 2026
Reserved
Jul 23, 2026

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Description

FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit aafb5c6, contains a signed integer overflow vulnerability in the MACE6 audio decoder that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted CAF file with a malicious bytes_per_packet value. Attackers can craft a CAF file with oversized bytes_per_packet and frames_per_packet values in the desc chunk to trigger an integer overflow in mace_decode_frame() during output sample count computation, resulting in an undersized buffer allocation and heap out-of-bounds write that could enable code execution.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FFmpegFFmpeg
  • 8.1.2 and earlierAffected
  • aafb5c655edc76a753275c383ebb139feb032718Not affected

References

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