Ubuntu alert USN-8680-1 (ffmpeg)
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| Subject: | [USN-8680-1] FFmpeg vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:46:46 +0000 | |
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========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8680-1 August 25, 2026 ffmpeg vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in FFmpeg. Software Description: - ffmpeg: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files Details: Adrian Junge discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain subtitle data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-70628) Adrian Junge discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain video files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-70632) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra9 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter9 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil58 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc57 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample4 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale7 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil56 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc55 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample3 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale5 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavresample-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavresample4 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil56 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc55 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample3 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale5 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-extra6 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter6 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavresample-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavresample3 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil55 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc54 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample2 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale4 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ffmpeg 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libav-tools 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-extra 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavcodec-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavdevice-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavfilter-ffmpeg5 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavformat-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavresample-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavresample-ffmpeg2 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libavutil-ffmpeg54 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libpostproc-ffmpeg53 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswresample-ffmpeg1 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-dev 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libswscale-ffmpeg3 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8680-1 CVE-2026-70628, CVE-2026-70632
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