USN-7982-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

USN-7982-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Publication date: 27 January 2026
Overview : Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg.

Packages
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 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-59733)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain integer
arithmetic operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-63757)

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

25.10 questing

• ffmpeg – 7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.2
• libavcodec61 – 7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.2
• libavformat61 – 7:7.1.1-1ubuntu4.2

24.04 LTS noble

• ffmpeg – 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm7
• libavcodec60 – 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm7
• libavformat60 – 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm7

22.04 LTS jammy

• ffmpeg – 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm11
• libavcodec58 – 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm11
• libavformat58 – 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm11

20.04 LTS focal

• ffmpeg – 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
• libavcodec58 – 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
• libavformat58 – 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm12

18.04 LTS bionic

• ffmpeg – 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
• libavcodec57 – 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm12
• libavformat57 – 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm12

16.04 LTS xenial

• ffmpeg – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm14
• libavcodec-extra – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm14
• libavcodec-ffmpeg56 – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm14
• libavformat-ffmpeg56 – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm14