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Ubuntu 25.10 FFmpeg Critical Memory Issues Denial of Service USN-7982-1

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Calendar Grey January 28, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Learn about recent security fixes for FFmpeg on Ubuntu that address potential memory operation flaws and denial of service threats.
Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg.

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 L...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service threat Ubuntu ffmpeg memory operations

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

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7982-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service threat Ubuntu ffmpeg memory operations

Package Information

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

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