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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-30998 is rated Exploit Available (50.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-15 | 0.04% | 0.05% | +0.01% |
| 2 | 2026-04-14 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-30998 |
suse
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high | CVE-2026-30998 severity important: SUSE including 58 source package names (ffmpeg, ffmpeg-4, …), 271 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, … (16 product lines)): Known Not Affected 271. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-30998/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-30998 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ffmpeg, libav), 12 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 9, DNE 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-30998 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://excellent-oatmeal-319.notion.site/CVE-2026-30998-Resource-Leak-3265a71f9cca4dc58df4632ce8b60a50 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/7.0/zmqsend_8c_source.html | Product |
| https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/tools/zmqsend.c | Product |