CVE-2026-40962

Publication date 16 April 2026

Last updated 13 May 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

FFmpeg before 8.1 has an integer overflow and resultant out-of-bounds write via CENC (Common Encryption) subsample data to libavformat/mov.c.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ffmpeg 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
25.10 questing
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage
libav 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.9 · Medium

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


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