CVE-2026-64835
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
FFmpeg versions 4.4 through 8.1.2 contain an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the ADX audio decoder within libavcodec/adxdec.c that allows attackers to trigger both out-of-bounds reads and writes by supplying a crafted ADX or AAX audio file with a mid-stream channel layout change. When AV_PKT_DATA_NEW_EXTRADATA side data is received mid-stream, the adx_decode_frame function re-parses the stream header but fails to update the internal channel state, causing subsequent decoding operations to access the prev[] state array using a stale channel count.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-22 18:17:05.917000
Last modified
2026-10-24 15:10:00.190000
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