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FFmpeg PixelSmash Flaw Allows RCE on Video Players, Media Servers, NAS Appliances
A vulnerability in the FFmpeg media processing framework allows attackers to crash applications and execute arbitrary code remotely, JFrog warns. FFmpeg is used in most media-processing applications across every platform, including desktop video players, Linux file managers, self-hosted media servers, and cloud transcoding pipelines. Tracked as CVE-2026-8461 (CVSS score of