USN-8750-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 September 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg.


Packages

  • ffmpeg - Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files

Details

Seung Min Shin discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-12706)

Xinghang Lv discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-30999)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-58049)

Adrian Junge discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were...

Seung Min Shin discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-12706)

Xinghang Lv discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-30999)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-58049)

Adrian Junge discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could leak sensitive
information. (CVE-2026-70629, CVE-2026-70630, CVE-2026-70631)

Ori Hollander discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-8461)


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
22.04 LTS jammy ffmpeg –  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16  
libavcodec-extra58 –  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16  
libavcodec58 –  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16  
libavfilter7 –  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16  
libavformat-extra58 –  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16  
libavformat58 –  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm16  
20.04 LTS focal ffmpeg –  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17  
libavcodec-extra58 –  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17  
libavcodec58 –  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17  
libavfilter7 –  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17  
libavformat58 –  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm17  

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