1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1675-1

USN-1675-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 December 2012

Overview

FFmpeg could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • ffmpeg - multimedia player, server and encoder

Details

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain malformed media
files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program.

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain malformed media
files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
10.04 lucid libavformat52 –  4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
libavcodec52 –  4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.2

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