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CVE-2026-52297

CVE-2026-52297HIGH

FFmpeg before 9.0 has an out-of-bounds read because there is insufficiently padded extradata in the MOV parsing path in mov_read_iacb in …

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  N  H    7.1   .0012    1.5     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions     Fixed
  FFmpeg   unspecified  —

TIMELINE
  Jun 8   Reserved by mitre
  Sep 13  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Oct 14  RESCORED — CVE-2026-52297 (FFmpeg). CVSS 2.9 → 7.1 (NVD).

CWE-125 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

FFmpeg before 9.0 has an out-of-bounds read because there is insufficiently padded extradata in the MOV parsing path in mov_read_iacb in libavformat/mov.c.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
June 8, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
September 13, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
October 14, 2026	RESCORED	RESCORED — CVE-2026-52297 (FFmpeg). CVSS 2.9 → 7.1 (NVD).

Affected

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

Weaknesses

CWE-125

References (3)

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/22988 [Issue Tracking, Patch]
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/8439e0203744a30d280668fcd086f74ed5001da1 [Patch]
https://github.com/Kenan-Kamel/VulnerabilitiesReference/tree/main/FFmpeg/ExtradataPadding [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-52297 at cve.org

Vendors: ffmpeg

Weaknesses: CWE-125

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