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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : FFmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-7823-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 270676

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7823-1 advisory.

 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 or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-35365)

 It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain integer calculations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-35366)

 It was discovered that FFmpeg may perform an out-of-bounds read under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-35367)

 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 or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-35368)

 It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain inputs, which could lead to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-36613, CVE-2024-36616, CVE-2024-36618)

 It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain inputs, which could lead to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-36619)

 It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain memory operations. A remote 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-2024-7055)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7823-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 270676

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7823-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2025

Updated: 10/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-7055

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc55, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc-ffmpeg53, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-extra57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat60, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-ffmpeg56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec60, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice60, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-extra, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-ffmpeg5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice-ffmpeg56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc54, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavresample4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libav-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-extra7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ffmpeg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale-ffmpeg3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-extra6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-extra58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-ffmpeg56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample-ffmpeg1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavresample-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavresample-ffmpeg2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-extra60, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil55, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-extra9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-extra60, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-extra58, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavresample3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil-ffmpeg54, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35365, CVE-2024-35366, CVE-2024-35367, CVE-2024-35368, CVE-2024-36613, CVE-2024-36616, CVE-2024-36618, CVE-2024-36619, CVE-2024-7055

IAVB: 2024-B-0110-S

USN: 7823-1