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[USN-7890-1] FFmpeg vulnerability

Posted on 27 November 2025
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7890-1
November 26, 2025

ffmpeg vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

FFmpeg could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- ffmpeg: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files

Details:

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly handle the parsing of
certain malformed HLS playlists. If a user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted HLS playlist, an attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavdevice-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter-ffmpeg5 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavutil-ffmpeg54 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7890-1
CVE-2023-6603

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