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Mageia 10 9 ffmpeg Critical Out-of-Bounds Write CVE-2026-8461

mageia
Calendar Grey July 13, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Security update for Mageia addresses critical ffmpeg out-of-bounds write flaw that could allow attack.
Security update

Summary

Description: The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: Heap out-of-bounds write via odd slice_height in FFmpeg MagicYUV decoder. (CVE-2026-8461)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35746

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00272.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8461

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical ffmpeg out-of-bounds write Mageia CVE-2026-8461

Resolution

SRPMS

- 10/core/ffmpeg-7.1.5-1.mga10

- 10/tainted/ffmpeg-7.1.5-1.mga10.tainted

- 9/core/ffmpeg-5.1.9-1.1.mga9

- 9/tainted/ffmpeg-5.1.9-1.1.mga9.tainted

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Publication date: 13 Jul 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0249.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-8461

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical ffmpeg out-of-bounds write Mageia CVE-2026-8461

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