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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: FFmpeg Critical Denial of Service Threat USN-7823-1

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Calendar Grey October 15, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical security issues fixed in FFmpeg on multiple Ubuntu versions, addressing potential code execution 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 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-35365)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain integer

calculations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial

of service. (CVE-2024-35366)

It was discovered that FFmpeg may perform an out-of-bounds read under

certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

a denial of service. (CVE-2024-35367)

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, U...

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security advisory denial of service critical code execution Ubuntu ffmpeg

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm5
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-dev                  7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm5
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-dev                  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm10
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-dev                  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm10
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm10
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-dev                  7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm10
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-dev                  7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7823-1

CVE-2024-35365, CVE-2024-35366, CVE-2024-35367, CVE-2024-35368,

CVE-2024-36613, CVE-2024-36616, CVE-2024-36618, CVE-2024-36619,

CVE-2024-7055

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7823-1

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security advisory denial of service critical code execution Ubuntu ffmpeg

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