CVE-2026-90816
FFmpeg Duration hlsproto.c parse_playlist denial of service
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Sep 14, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 13, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg 8.0.x. This affects the function parse_playlist of the file libavformat/hlsproto.c of the component Duration Parser. Performing a manipulation of the argument duration/target_duration results in denial of service. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Upgrading to version 8.1 and 9.0 is able to mitigate this issue. The patch is named 64fafd63f0b4. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 5.0 Medium | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C | VulDB |
Weaknesses
- CWE-404 Denial of Service
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FFmpegn/a |
|
References
- VDB-403318 | FFmpeg Duration hlsproto.c parse_playlist denial of servicevdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-403318 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-90816 | CVE Analysis and Reportthird-party-advisory
- Submit #922626 | FFmpeg FFmpeg ≤ 8.0.x Denial of Servicethird-party-advisory
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/21492issue-tracking
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/64fafd63f0b4patch
- https://ffmpeg.org/product
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