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openSUSE 15.6: ffmpeg Moderate NULL Pointer Dereference CVE-2025-7700

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Calendar Grey August 27, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A new release for ffmpeg tackles a significant problem with NULL Pointer Dereference found in the ALS Decoder specifically for openSUSE version 15.6.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-7700: Fixed NULL Pointer Dereference in FFmpeg ALS Decoder

(libavcodec/alsdec.c) (bsc#1246790).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS null pointer ffmpeg OpenSUSE

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP6-2025-2990=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP7-2025-2990=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2990=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-2990=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2025-2990=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-2990=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2025-2990=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 (x86_64)

* ffmpeg-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavformat57-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* ffmpeg-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavresample3-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavformat-devel-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavcodec-devel-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavresample-devel-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavresample3-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavformat57-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 (x86_64)

* ffmpeg-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavformat57-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* ffmpeg-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavresample3-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavformat-devel-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavcodec-devel-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavresample-devel-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavresample3-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavformat57-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libavformat57-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

* libavcodec57-3.4.2-150200.11.67.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1246790

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-7700.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246790

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02990-1
Release Date: 2025-08-27T10:29:43Z
Affected Products: * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS null pointer ffmpeg OpenSUSE

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