Bug 2533346 (CVE-2026-90816) - CVE-2026-90816 ffmpeg: CPU exhaustion when processing a crafted HLS playlist
Summary: CVE-2026-90816 ffmpeg: CPU exhaustion when processing a crafted HLS playlist
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90816
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2534014
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-09-14 20:21 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-15 17:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-14 20:21:47 UTC
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.


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