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[USN-8750-1] FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Posted on 14 September 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8750-1
September 14, 2026

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

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg.

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

Details:

Seung Min Shin discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-12706)

Xinghang Lv discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-30999)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-58049)

Adrian Junge discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could leak sensitive
information. (CVE-2026-70629, CVE-2026-70630, CVE-2026-70631)

Ori Hollander discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-8461)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-extra58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8750-1
CVE-2026-12706, CVE-2026-30999, CVE-2026-58049, CVE-2026-70629,
CVE-2026-70630, CVE-2026-70631, CVE-2026-8461

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