Published Jun 18, 2026Sources checked Oct 29, 2026
8.8HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-8461 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS1.6%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-8461?
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in FFmpeg's libavcodec library, specifically in the MagicYUV decoder, allows denial-of-service and, in some cases, can be exploited for remote code execution.
This vulnerability is associated with the file libavcodec/magicyuv.C.