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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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.
    (CVE-2026-30998)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-106212 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FFmpeg installed on the remote host is 8.0.1 or earlier. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An out-of-bounds read in the read_global_param() function (libavcodec/av1dec.c) of FFmpeg v8.0.1 allows     attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input. (CVE-2026-30997)

  - 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.
    (CVE-2026-30998)

  - A heap buffer overflow in the av_bprint_finalize() function of FFmpeg v8.0.1 allows attackers to cause a     Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input. (CVE-2026-30999)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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.
    (CVE-2026-30998)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
476536	Chainguard: multiple ffmpeg-8.0 packages: security update to 8.0.2-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Chainguard Local Security Checks	Local	high
476536	Chainguard: multiple ffmpeg-8.0 packages: security update to 8.0.2-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Chainguard Local Security Checks	Local	high
342912	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: ffmpeg (UTSA-2026-106212)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
307356	FFmpeg <= 8.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
306746	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-30998	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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