# CVE-2026-75143: FFmpeg Heap Buffer Overflow via RIST Protocol Reader

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Affected

- FFmpeg: fixed in 1c10bcc2e17255dacb717a25ab3db142ce390602

## Description

FFmpeg before commit 1c10bcc contains a heap buffer overflow in the RIST protocol reader (libavformat/librist.c). librist_read() ignored its size argument and copied the full received payload length into the caller-provided destination buffer, overflowing it when the payload exceeds the destination size. This is reachable via the async:rist:// URL scheme, where the async wrapper supplies a smaller buffer than the received payload. A remote RIST sender can trigger the overflow by sending a packet whose payload exceeds the caller buffer size.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24089
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/1c10bcc2e17255dacb717a25ab3db142ce390602
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-heap-buffer-overflow-via-rist-protocol-reader

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