Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 28, 2026

CVE-2026-18393

Description

A flaw was found in FFmpeg. The tdsc_load_cursor() function writes beyond the bounds of a heap-allocated buffer when processing crafted TDSC cursor data. A remote attacker could exploit this by supplying a specially crafted video file, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

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Affected products

FFmpeg/Ffmpegllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18393nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/242ff799c75f20bade946314c8d741d0887ee11cnvd
patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/177767065817.63.1948165304485903849@29965ddac10e/nvd

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