CVE-2026-70629
FFmpeg 3.0 < 9.0 Uninitialized Heap Memory Read in RSCC Decoder
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.8 Medium
- Published
- Aug 6, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 4, 2026
Description
FFmpeg versions from 3.0 up to, but not including, 9.0 contain an uninitialized heap memory read vulnerability in the native RSCC decoder (libavcodec/rscc.c) that allows attackers to disclose heap memory contents by supplying a crafted video file with a compressed tile that decompresses fewer bytes than the declared tile geometry requires. When rscc_decode_frame() calls av_image_copy_plane() without validating the decompressed byte count against the tile dimensions, the unwritten suffix of the persistent intermediate buffer ctx->inflated_buf is copied into the decoded frame, potentially exposing data from prior heap allocations or previous decoded frames in persistent decoding services.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FFmpegFFmpeg |
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References
- Pull Requestissue-tracking
- Introducing Commitrelated
- Patch Commitpatch
- FFmpeg 9.0 Backport Commitpatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-uninitialized-heap-memory-read-in-rscc-decoderthird-party-advisory
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