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[USN-8915-1] FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Posted on 13 October 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8915-1
October 12, 2026

ffmpeg vulnerabilities
==========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- 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:

Momoko Shiraishi discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-30754)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-38344)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain arithmetic
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-38346, CVE-2026-38348, CVE-2026-38349)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-38347)

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain arithmetic
operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-38350)

Joshua Rogers discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain
memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-75147)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-extra62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter-extra11 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter11 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat-extra62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat62 7:8.0.1-3ubuntu2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-extra60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter-extra9 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter9 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat-extra60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat60 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm15
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter-extra7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter7 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat-extra58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat58 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm17
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-extra58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter-extra7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter7 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat58 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-extra57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter-extra6 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter6 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat57 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm16
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ffmpeg 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libav-tools 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavcodec-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavfilter-ffmpeg5 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libavformat-ffmpeg56 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm18
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8915-1
CVE-2026-30754, CVE-2026-38344, CVE-2026-38346, CVE-2026-38347,
CVE-2026-38348, CVE-2026-38349, CVE-2026-38350, CVE-2026-75147

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