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CVE-2026-107696

CVE-2026-107696HIGH

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Infinite Loop via RTSP Redirect Handling in rtsp.c

  AV  AC  AT  PR  UI  VC  VI  VA   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N   P   N   N   H    7.1   .0035   27.3     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions     Fixed
  FFmpeg   unspecified  —

TIMELINE
  Oct 8   Reserved by VulnCheck
  Oct 8   Published (CNA: VulnCheck)
  Oct 9   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-107696 (FFmpeg). Public exploit reference added.
  Oct 14  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-107696 (FFmpeg). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-835 · CNA: VulnCheck · CVSS v4.0 · 5 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in ff_rtsp_connect() in libavformat/rtsp.c that follows RTSP 3xx redirects without any redirect limit. Attackers controlling an RTSP server can answer every request with a 302 redirect to itself or another server, causing endless reconnects that saturate a CPU core.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
October 8, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by VulnCheck
October 8, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: VulnCheck)
October 9, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-107696 (FFmpeg). Public exploit reference added.
October 14, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-107696 (FFmpeg). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
FFmpeg	FFmpeg	—	—	—

Weaknesses

CWE-835

References (5)

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24902 [Issue Tracking, Patch]
https://gist.github.com/OxBat/648a0bd60c898f2ffb418e131ce26013 [Exploit, Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg [Product]
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n9.0.2/libavformat/rtsp.c#L2225 [Product]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-through-9.0.2-infinite-loop-via-rtsp-redirect-handling-in-rtsp-c [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-107696 at cve.org

Vendors: ffmpeg

Weaknesses: CWE-835

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