CVE-2026-107695 (GCVE-0-2026-107695)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-08 17:30 – Updated: 2026-10-08 17:30
VLAI
Title
FFmpeg before 8.1.3 HLS Demuxer Infinite Loop via Self-Referencing Playlist
Summary
FFmpeg before 8.1.3 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in the HLS demuxer that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service because parse_playlist() accepts Master Playlist tags inside Media Playlists. Attackers can trick victims into opening a crafted self-referencing playlist that endlessly adds variants in hls_read_header(), causing unbounded CPU and I/O consumption.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 5285 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FFmpeg FFmpeg Affected: 0 , < 8.1.3 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-06-27 00:00
Credits
BapToutatis
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