Advisory Published

USN-6803-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

First published: Thu May 30 2024(Updated: )

Zeng Yunxiang and Song Jiaxuan discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49501) Zeng Yunxiang and Song Jiaxuan discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49502) Zhang Ling and Zeng Yunxiang discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49528) Zeng Yunxiang discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-50007) Zeng Yunxiang and Song Jiaxuan discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-50008) Zeng Yunxiang discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-50009) Zeng Yunxiang discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-50010) Zeng Yunxiang and Li Zeyuan discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-51793) Zeng Yunxiang discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-51794, CVE-2023-51798) Zeng Yunxiang discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-51795, CVE-2023-51796) It was discovered that discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-31578) It was discovered that discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-31582) It was discovered that discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2024-31585)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/ffmpeg<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec-extra60<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec60<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libavdevice60<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter-extra9<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter9<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libavformat-extra60<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libavformat60<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libavutil58<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libpostproc57<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libswresample4<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/libswscale7<7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=24.04
All of
ubuntu/ffmpeg<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec-extra60<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec60<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libavdevice60<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter-extra9<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter9<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libavformat-extra60<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libavformat60<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libavutil58<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libpostproc57<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libswresample4<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/libswscale7<7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
7:6.0-6ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=23.10
All of
ubuntu/ffmpeg<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec-extra58<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec58<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavdevice58<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter-extra7<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter7<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavformat-extra<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavformat-extra58<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavformat58<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libavutil56<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libpostproc55<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libswresample3<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/libswscale5<7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm4
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=22.04
All of
ubuntu/ffmpeg<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec-extra58<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec58<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libavdevice58<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter-extra7<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter7<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libavformat58<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libavresample4<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libavutil56<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libpostproc55<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libswresample3<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/libswscale5<7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=20.04
All of
ubuntu/ffmpeg<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec-extra57<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec57<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libavdevice57<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter-extra6<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter6<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libavformat57<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libavresample3<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libavutil55<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libpostproc54<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libswresample2<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/libswscale4<7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=18.04
All of
ubuntu/ffmpeg<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libavcodec-ffmpeg56<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libavdevice-ffmpeg56<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libavfilter-ffmpeg5<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libavformat-ffmpeg56<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libavresample-ffmpeg2<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libavutil-ffmpeg54<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libpostproc-ffmpeg53<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libswresample-ffmpeg1<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04
All of
ubuntu/libswscale-ffmpeg3<7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0=16.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of USN-6803-1?

    The severity of USN-6803-1 is high as it can lead to denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution.

  • How do I fix USN-6803-1?

    To fix USN-6803-1, upgrade the affected packages to version 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm1 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

  • Which versions of Ubuntu are affected by USN-6803-1?

    USN-6803-1 specifically affects Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

  • What packages are affected by USN-6803-1?

    The affected packages in USN-6803-1 include ffmpeg, libavcodec-extra60, libavcodec60, libavdevice60, and others.

  • Can USN-6803-1 be exploited remotely?

    Yes, USN-6803-1 can be exploited remotely by sending specially crafted input files to the affected system.

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