CVE-2026-30998

7.5 highEPSS 0.4%

An improper resource deallocation and closure vulnerability in the tools/zmqsend.c component of FFmpeg v8.0.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted input file.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-400
Published: 2026-04-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ffmpeg:ffmpeg

References

https://excellent-oatmeal-319.notion.site/CVE-2026-30998-Resource-Leak-3265a71f9cca4dc58df4632ce8b60a50
https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/7.0/zmqsend_8c_source.html
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/tools/zmqsend.c

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