FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in ff_rtsp_connect() in libavformat/rtsp.c that follows RTSP 3xx redirects without any redirect limit. Attackers controlling an RTSP server can answer every request with a 302 redirect to itself or another server, causing endless reconnects that saturate a CPU core.
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Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000
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| Description | FFmpeg through 9.0.2 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in ff_rtsp_connect() in libavformat/rtsp.c that follows RTSP 3xx redirects without any redirect limit. Attackers controlling an RTSP server can answer every request with a 302 redirect to itself or another server, causing endless reconnects that saturate a CPU core. | |
| Title | FFmpeg through 9.0.2 Infinite Loop via RTSP Redirect Handling in rtsp.c | |
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Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg ffmpeg |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-835 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Ffmpeg
Ffmpeg ffmpeg |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-08T17:30:27.515Z
Reserved: 2026-10-08T16:51:39.862Z
Link: CVE-2026-107696
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-08T18:17:26.133
Modified: 2026-10-08T18:17:26.133
Link: CVE-2026-107696
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Updated: 2026-10-08T19:15:20Z
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