[USN-6983-1] FFmpeg vulnerability

Octavio Galland octavio.galland at canonical.com
Mon Sep 2 14:49:35 UTC 2024


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6983-1
September 02, 2024

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

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

Summary:

FFmpeg could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

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

Details:

Zeng Yunxiang discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory during
video encoding. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a
denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

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+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-dev                  7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-extra60              7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec60                    7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice60                   7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-extra9              7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter9                    7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat-extra60             7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat60                   7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil58                     7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc57                   7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample4                  7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale7                     7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   ffmpeg                          7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-dev                  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-extra58              7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec58                    7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice58                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-extra7              7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter7                    7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat-extra58             7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat58                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil56                     7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc55                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample3                  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale5                     7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   ffmpeg                          7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-dev                  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-extra58              7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec58                    7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice58                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-extra7              7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter7                    7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat58                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavresample4                  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil56                     7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc55                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample3                  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale5                     7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   ffmpeg                          7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-dev                  7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-extra57              7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec57                    7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice57                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-extra6              7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter6                    7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat57                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavresample3                  7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil55                     7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc54                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample2                  7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale4                     7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   ffmpeg                          7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libav-tools                     7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-dev                  7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56       7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavcodec-ffmpeg56             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavdevice-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavfilter-ffmpeg5             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavformat-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavresample-ffmpeg2           7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libavutil-ffmpeg54              7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libpostproc-ffmpeg53            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswresample-ffmpeg1           7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libswscale-ffmpeg3              7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6983-1
   CVE-2024-32230

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