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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : FFmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-8671-1)

🗓️ 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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FFmpeg vulnerabilities in certain media files lead to DoS, RCE, or information disclosure.

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    Adrian Junge discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain media files. An attacker could possibly
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if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'ffmpeg', 'pkgver': '7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm13'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavcodec-extra', 'pkgver': '7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm13'},
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    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavfilter6', 'pkgver': '7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm13'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavformat57', 'pkgver': '7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm13'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavresample3', 'pkgver': '7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm13'},
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    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libavcodec-extra58', 'pkgver': '7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm14'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libavcodec58', 'pkgver': '7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm14'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libavdevice58', 'pkgver': '7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm14'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libavfilter-extra', 'pkgver': '7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm14'},
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    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libavfilter7', 'pkgver': '7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm14'},
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    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libpostproc55', 'pkgver': '7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm14'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libswresample3', 'pkgver': '7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm14'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libswscale5', 'pkgver': '7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm14'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'ffmpeg', 'pkgver': '7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libavcodec-extra', 'pkgver': '7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm13'},
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    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libavcodec58', 'pkgver': '7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm13'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libavdevice58', 'pkgver': '7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm13'},
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    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libswscale5', 'pkgver': '7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm13'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'ffmpeg', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavcodec-extra', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavcodec-extra60', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavcodec60', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavdevice60', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavfilter-extra', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavfilter-extra9', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavfilter9', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavformat-extra', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
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    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavformat60', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libavutil58', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpostproc57', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libswresample4', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libswscale7', 'pkgver': '7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm11'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
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  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
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if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
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    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
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}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
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13 Oct 2026 00:00Current
8.5High risk
Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 3.18.8
CVSS 48.7
EPSS0.00401
SSVC
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