CVE-2026-64832

high

Description

FFmpeg versions 4.4 through 8.1.2 contain a double-free vulnerability in the NVIDIA NVDEC hardware decoder within libavcodec/nvdec.c that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption by supplying a crafted video file. When no decoder surfaces remain, the ff_nvdec_start_frame_sep_ref error path frees memory via nvdec_fdd_priv_free while the calling layer subsequently frees the same frame description data, resulting in a double-free of the underlying decoder context in any FFmpeg-based application using NVDEC hardware-accelerated decoding.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ffmpeg-double-free-in-nvdec-hardware-decoder-via-nvdec-c

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/23664

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/4c6217477fc64305055b37d9d1d0d76d30e37f97

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-22

Updated: 2026-07-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High