USN-3967-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities
FFmpeg vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
FFmpeg could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted
file.
Software Description
- ffmpeg – Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Details
It was discovered that FFmpeg contained multiple security issues when handling
certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted
multimedia file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application
crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- ffmpeg – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libavcodec-extra58 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libavcodec58 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libavdevice58 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libavfilter-extra7 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libavfilter7 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libavformat58 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libavresample4 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libavutil56 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libpostproc55 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libswresample3 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- libswscale5 – 7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1
- Ubuntu 18.10
- ffmpeg – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libavcodec-extra58 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libavcodec58 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libavdevice58 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libavfilter-extra7 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libavfilter7 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libavformat58 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libavresample4 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libavutil56 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libpostproc55 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libswresample3 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- libswscale5 – 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ffmpeg – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libavcodec-extra57 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libavcodec57 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libavdevice57 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libavfilter-extra6 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libavfilter6 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libavformat57 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libavresample3 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libavutil55 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libpostproc54 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libswresample2 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- libswscale4 – 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3967-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities
