A critical vulnerability has been disclosed in FFmpeg’s MagicYUV decoder that allows attackers to weaponize seemingly harmless media files and, in some scenarios, achieve
remote code execution (RCE).
According to the JFrog Security Research, a single crafted
AVI, MKV, or MOV file is enough to crash applications or, with a refined exploit chain, execute arbitrary commands on the underlying system.
FFmpeg is one of the most widely deployed media processing frameworks and is bundled into countless applications, including
desktop video players, Linux thumbnail generators, self-hosted media servers, cloud transcoding pipelines, and even AI/ML data processing stacks.
A critical FFmpeg vulnerability allows attackers to use malicious media files to trigger remote code execution (RCE).
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