25 Jun, 2026

FFmpeg fixes PixelSmash flaw in widely used video decoder

A newly disclosed FFmpeg flaw dubbed ‘PixelSmash’ could be exploited for remote code execution on Jellyfin servers under certain conditions, and can also trigger a denial-of-service  condition in applications like Kodi, Emby, Nextcloud, PhotoPrism, and OBS Studio. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-8461 and is a heap out-of-bounds write in the MagicYUV decoder. It received a high-severity score of […]

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