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High USN-8680-1 2 CVEs

ffmpeg vulnerabilities

Published Aug 25, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS ffmpeg 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm16
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS ffmpeg 7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm14
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS ffmpeg 7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm15
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS ffmpeg 7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm14
Ubuntu · Pro 24.04 LTS Pro:24.04:LTS ffmpeg 7:6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm12

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8

    FFmpeg 0.5 < 9.0 DVB Subtitle Parser Heap Buffer Overflow via WTV File

    FFmpeg versions from 0.5 up to, but not including, 9.0 contain a signed integer overflow vulnerability in the DVB subtitle parser in libavcodec/dvbsub_parser.c that allows attackers to trigger a heap buffer overflow by supplying a crafted WTV file. The overfl…

  • High 7.8

    FFmpeg 4.4 < 9.0 Heap Out-of-Bounds Write in CFHD Decoder via AVI Demuxing

    FFmpeg versions from 4.4 up to, but not including, 9.0 contain an out-of-bounds heap write vulnerability in the native GoPro CineForm HD (CFHD) decoder that allows remote attackers to corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted AVI file during stream probing. …

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-70628
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-70632