Medium severity · published Sep 14, 2026
CVE-2026-90816
FFmpeg Duration hlsproto.c parse_playlist denial of service
4.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg 8.0.x. This affects the function parse_playlist of the file libavformat/hlsproto.c of the component Duration Parser. Performing a manipulation of the argument duration/target_duration results in denial of service. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Upgrading to version 8.1 and 9.0 is able to mitigate this issue. The patch is named 64fafd63f0b4. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
FFmpeg · Ffmpeg
8.0.* · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90816
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90816
code.ffmpeg.org
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/64fafd63f0b4
code.ffmpeg.org
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/21492
ffmpeg.org
https://ffmpeg.org/
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90816
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/submit/922626
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/403318
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