# CVE-2026-66036: FFmpeg Heap Out-of-Bounds Write in vf\_hqdn3d Filter

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-07-24 · Updated: 2026-07-29

## Affected

- FFmpeg: through 8.1.2

## Description

FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit 5d7112c, contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the vf_hqdn3d filter that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted video whose frame resolution increases between frames when filtergraph reinitialization is disabled via the -reinit_filter 0 option. Attackers can provide a malicious video input where vf_hqdn3d.config_input() allocates undersized per-plane line-history buffers based on the initial frame width, and subsequent larger frames cause denoise_spatial() to write beyond the allocation boundary, resulting in heap memory corruption.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23783
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/5d7112c60e6f0f0742ce47d448e6da0718a70f4c
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-heap-out-of-bounds-write-in-vf-hqdn3d-filter

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