FFmpeg versions 2.1 through 8.1.2 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the VobSub subtitle demuxer that allows attackers to corrupt adjacent heap memory by supplying a malicious .sub/.idx subtitle file declaring more distinct stream IDs than the fixed-size array bounds in libavformat/mpeg.c. Attackers can craft a subtitle file with excessive distinct stream IDs to trigger unbounded writes beyond the vobsub->q[] array boundary via ff_subtitles_queue_insert(), potentially achieving arbitrary code execution in any application using FFmpeg's VobSub demuxer.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/dbd495f066a85ba96b17433f4306582aa37c3951 Patch
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23657 Issue Tracking, Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7 · ffmpegNVD modified 2026-10-24 15:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*