# CVE-2026-75147: FFmpeg Out-of-Bounds Read in AV1 RTP Packetizer via rtpenc\_av1.c

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Affected

- FFmpeg: fixed in 983dae9c19f46c87d597598c0fd2f2fcee0ad2f8

## Description

FFmpeg before commit 983dae9 contains an out-of-bounds read in the AV1 RTP packetizer (libavformat/rtpenc_av1.c). The keyframe detection loop that searches for a sequence header OBU advanced its pointer and remaining-size counter by the encoded header length plus the OBU payload size without first bounding the OBU size against the remaining data. A crafted OBU size causes the remaining-size counter to wrap to a positive value, causing the next loop iteration to dereference a pointer beyond the end of the packet buffer. A crafted AV1 input packet muxed to RTP triggers the out-of-bounds read.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/24096
- https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/983dae9c19f46c87d597598c0fd2f2fcee0ad2f8
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-out-of-bounds-read-in-av1-rtp-packetizer-via-rtpenc-av1-c

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