FFmpeg through 8.1.2, fixed in commit 5d7112c, contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the IAMF demuxer that allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause multi-gigabyte memory allocation from a 17-byte input file by supplying a crafted count_label field. The mix_presentation_obu() function in libavformat/iamf_parse.c calls av_calloc(count_label, sizeof(*language_label)) with an attacker-controlled value before validating available OBU data, enabling an allocation amplification of approximately 126 million bytes per input byte that exhausts process memory or triggers an OOM-kill during format probing.
CVE-2026-66037
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-24. the CNA's CVSS baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(high)
- EG Risk
- 44(Track)EG Risk 44/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 20%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 24, 2026
Last Modified
July 28, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 25, 2026FFmpeg IAMF Demuxer Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via mix_presentation_obu() | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-iamf-demuxer-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-via-mix-presentation-obu#23627 - avformat/iamf_parse: check count_label against the available bytes - FFmpeg/FFmpeg - FFmpeg Forgejo
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23627avformat/iamf_parse: check count_label against the available bytes · 86708357d1 - FFmpeg/FFmpeg - FFmpeg Forgejo
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/86708357d126af84c16f80d9c57335d1e8c845c5Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-66037(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 21× in last 30d)
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- 2026-07-29 00:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-29 00:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-28 01:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 01:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 17:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 17:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 02:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 02:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-26 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 19:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-24 19:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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