CVE-2026-90816 (GCVE-0-2026-90816)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-14 20:00 – Updated: 2026-09-15 19:31 X_Open Source
VLAI
Title
FFmpeg Duration hlsproto.c parse_playlist denial of service
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-15 19:31 UTC
CWE
Assigner
VulDB CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3935 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a FFmpeg Affected: 8.0.*
Unaffected: 8.1
Unaffected: 9.0
    cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Credits
Kery Qi (VulDB User)
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