CVE-2026-90816

MEDIUM 4.3

FFmpeg Duration hlsproto.c parse_playlist denial of service

CVSS Score

4.3

EPSS Score

0.4%

EPSS Percentile

28th

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.

CWE	CWE-404
Vendor	n/a
Product	ffmpeg
Published	Sep 14, 2026
Last Updated	Sep 15, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

n/a / FFmpeg

8.0.*

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/vuln/403318 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/vuln/403318/cti vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90816 vuldb.com: https://vuldb.com/submit/922626 code.ffmpeg.org: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues/21492 code.ffmpeg.org: https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/64fafd63f0b4 ffmpeg.org: https://ffmpeg.org/

Credits

🔍 Kery Qi (VulDB User)