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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7982-1
January 27, 2026

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

- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg.

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

Details:

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10.
(CVE-2025-59728)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-59731,
CVE-2025-59732)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-59733)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain integer
arithmetic operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-63757)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 25.10
  ffmpeg                          7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.2
  libavcodec61                    7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.2
  libavformat61                   7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec60                    7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat60                   7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm11
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec58                    7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm11
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat58                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm11
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec58                    7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat58                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec57                    7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat57                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm14
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-extra                7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm14
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-ffmpeg56             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm14
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm14
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7982-1
  CVE-2025-59728, CVE-2025-59731, CVE-2025-59732, CVE-2025-59733,
  CVE-2025-63757

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.2