Medium severity · published Aug 6, 2026
CVE-2026-70630
FFmpeg 3.0 < 9.0 Uninitialized Heap Memory Read in Screenpresso Decoder
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FFmpeg versions from 3.0 up to, but not including, 9.0 contain an uninitialized heap memory read vulnerability in the native Screenpresso decoder (libavcodec/screenpresso.c) that allows attackers to recover sensitive memory contents by supplying a crafted SPV1 packet with a valid zlib stream that decompresses fewer bytes than the full frame requires. The screenpresso_decode_frame() function fails to validate the produced byte count before calling av_image_copy_plane() to copy the complete frame dimensions from the persistent ctx->inflated_buf buffer, causing unwritten heap memory from prior allocations or prior frames to be copied into decoded output and potentially exposing sensitive data such as userspace addresses from persistent decoding services.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
FFmpeg · FFmpeg
3.0 before 9.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70630
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70630
Patch
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/705890061467ad550ecc1dad5eea07f28ccfb43e
Patch
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/9a3202a98b2e095b54dd784c3e01a09a676fc3fa
Patch
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/c22667d0fd7916a33fd3e79685b7246fc48f1a62
Issue Tracking
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23896
Patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-uninitialized-heap-memory-read-in-screenpresso-decoder
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