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Ubuntu 16.04: FFmpeg Important Denial Of Service Crash USN-7890-1

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
FFmpeg in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS could crash from a crafted file, necessitating an urgent update. Secure your systems now!
FFmpeg could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

FFmpeg could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

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

Details:

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly handle the parsing of

certain malformed HLS playlists. If a user were tricked into opening a

specially crafted HLS playlist, an attacker could possibly use this issue

to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu important ffmpeg

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56       7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-ffmpeg56             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavdevice-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavfilter-ffmpeg5             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavutil-ffmpeg54              7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7890-1

CVE-2023-6603

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7890-1

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Package Information

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