Medium 4.3Published Sep 14, 2026

CVE-2026-90816FFmpeg Duration hlsproto.c parse_playlist denial of service

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:00 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-404
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Sep 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

n/a FFmpeg ffmpeg:ffmpeg	8.0.*; 8.1 not affected; 9.0 not affected	CNA record

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/403318vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/403318/ctisignature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90816third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/922626third-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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