An improper resource deallocation and closure vulnerability in the tools/zmqsend.c component of FFmpeg v8.0.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted input file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

No data.

No data.

No data.

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://excellent-oatmeal-319.notion.site/CVE-2026-30998-Resource-Leak-3265a71f9cca4dc58df4632ce8b60a50 cve-icon cve-icon
https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/7.0/zmqsend_8c_source.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/tools/zmqsend.c cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An improper resource deallocation and closure vulnerability in the tools/zmqsend.c component of FFmpeg v8.0.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted input file.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-13T19:10:25.039Z

Reserved: 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-30998

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-13T19:09:44.121Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-13T15:17:32.697

Modified: 2026-04-13T15:17:32.697

Link: CVE-2026-30998

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.