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FFmpeg Heap Buffer Overflow via RIST Protocol Reader

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

FFmpeg before commit 1c10bcc contains a heap buffer overflow in the RIST protocol reader (libavformat/librist.c). librist_read() ignored its size argument and copied the full received payload length into the caller-provided destination buffer, overflowing it when the payload exceeds the destination size. This is reachable via the async:rist:// URL scheme, where the async wrapper supplies a smaller buffer than the received payload. A remote RIST sender can trigger the overflow by sending a packet whose payload exceeds the caller buffer size.

Products
FFmpeg
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-75143
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 13:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

FFmpeg Heap Buffer Overflow via RIST Protocol Reader

core-cve · Original source

Published 19 Aug 2026, 16:26 UTC

FFmpeg before commit 1c10bcc contains a heap buffer overflow in the RIST protocol reader (libavformat/librist.c). librist_read() ignored its size argument and copied the full received payload length into the caller-provided destination buffer, overflowing it when the payload exceeds the destination size. This is reachable via the async:rist:// URL scheme, where the async wrapper supplies a smaller buffer than the received payload. A remote RIST sender can trigger the overflow by sending a packet whose payload exceeds the caller buffer size.

cve:CVE-2026-75143

FFmpeg

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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