Is 22.04 no longer supported as an LTS version?

[Bret Busby]

In the message below, the security patches for 22.04 appear to be 
available to only paid subscribers ("Ubuntu Pro").

Does this mean that 22.04 has reached end of life and is no longer 
supported under the LTS paradigm?

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: [USN-7823-1] FFmpeg vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:12:02 +0000
From: noreply+usn-bot at canonical.com
Reply-To: security at ubuntu.com
To: ubuntu-security-announce at lists.ubuntu.com

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7823-1
October 15, 2025

ffmpeg vulnerabilities
==========================================================================

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:

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, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-35368)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain inputs,
which could lead to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-36613, CVE-2024-36616, CVE-2024-36618)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain inputs,
which could lead to an integer overflow. 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-2024-36619)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-7055)

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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