CVE-2025-9951
Publication date 9 September 2025
Last updated 21 October 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
A heap-buffer-overflow write exists in jpeg2000dec FFmpeg which allows an attacker to potentially gain remote code execution or cause denial of service via the channel definition cdef atom of JPEG2000.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | 25.10 questing |
Vulnerable
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm6
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Ignored backport too intrusive | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored backport too intrusive | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
|
| libav | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-7830-1
- FFmpeg vulnerabilities
- 21 October 2025