USN-7890-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7890-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7890-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-7890-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2025-11-26T11:40:32.884080Z
Modified
2025-12-02T23:35:18.474661Z
Summary
ffmpeg vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly handle the parsing of certain malformed HLS playlists. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted HLS playlist, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ffmpeg

Package

Name
ffmpeg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13

Affected versions

7:2.*

7:2.7.2-1build1
7:2.8.1-1ubuntu1
7:2.8.2-1ubuntu1
7:2.8.3-1
7:2.8.4-1
7:2.8.4-1ubuntu1
7:2.8.4-1ubuntu2
7:2.8.4-1ubuntu3
7:2.8.4-1ubuntu4
7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1
7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2
7:2.8.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
7:2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
7:2.8.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
7:2.8.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm1
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm2
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm3
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm4
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm5
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm6
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm8
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm10
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm11
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm12

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ffmpeg",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libav-tools",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-ffmpeg56",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice-ffmpeg56",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-ffmpeg5",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat-ffmpeg56",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavresample-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavresample-ffmpeg2",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil-ffmpeg54",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpostproc-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpostproc-ffmpeg53",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswresample-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswresample-ffmpeg1",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale-ffmpeg3",
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2023-6603",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}