Critical severity · published Aug 19, 2026
CVE-2026-75143
FFmpeg Heap Buffer Overflow via RIST Protocol Reader
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
FFmpeg · FFmpeg
before 1c10bcc2e17255dacb717a25ab3db142ce390602 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75143
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75143
code.ffmpeg.org
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/1c10bcc2e17255dacb717a25ab3db142ce390602
code.ffmpeg.org
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24089
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-heap-buffer-overflow-via-rist-protocol-reader
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