USN-7890-1: FFmpeg vulnerability
Publication date
26 November 2025
Overview
FFmpeg could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- 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.
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.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 LTS xenial | ffmpeg – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 | ||
| libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 | |||
| libavcodec-ffmpeg56 – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 | |||
| libavdevice-ffmpeg56 – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 | |||
| libavfilter-ffmpeg5 – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 | |||
| libavformat-ffmpeg56 – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 | |||
| libavutil-ffmpeg54 – 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13 | |||
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