CVE-2026-64835

Publication date 22 July 2026

Last updated 28 August 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

FFmpeg versions 4.4 through 8.1.2 contain an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the ADX audio decoder within libavcodec/adxdec.c that allows attackers to trigger both out-of-bounds reads and writes by supplying a crafted ADX or AAX audio file with a mid-stream channel layout change. When AV_PKT_DATA_NEW_EXTRADATA side data is received mid-stream, the adx_decode_frame function re-parses the stream header but fails to update the internal channel state, causing subsequent decoding operations to access the prev[] state array using a stale channel count.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ffmpeg	26.04 LTS resolute	Vulnerable
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
libav	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Notes

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CVE-2026-64835: xenial/bionic not-affected — pre-4.4, adxdec.c lacks NEW_EXTRADATA mid-stream re-parse focal not-affected — 4.2.7 adxdec.c lacks NEW_EXTRADATA re-parse (introduced 4.4)

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 8.7 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Attack requirements	None
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Passive
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	High
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	High
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	High
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.7 · High
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Base score 8.8 · High