FFmpeg versions 4.4 through 8.1.2 contain a double-free vulnerability in the NVIDIA NVDEC hardware decoder within libavcodec/nvdec.c that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption by supplying a crafted video file. When no decoder surfaces remain, the ff_nvdec_start_frame_sep_ref error path frees memory via nvdec_fdd_priv_free while the calling layer subsequently frees the same frame description data, resulting in a double-free of the underlying decoder context in any FFmpeg-based application using NVDEC hardware-accelerated decoding.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/4c6217477fc64305055b37d9d1d0d76d30e37f97 Patch
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23664 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*