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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : FFmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-7982-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297270

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 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7982-1 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 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-59728)

 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 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-59731, CVE-2025-59732)

 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, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-59733)

 It was discovered that FFmpeg did not correctly handle certain integer arithmetic operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-63757)

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-7982-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 297270

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7982-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2026

Updated: 1/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59728

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-63757

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59733

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-extra61, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil59, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpostproc55, 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:libavcodec61, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswresample5, 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:libavcodec-extra61, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libswscale4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavdevice61, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat57, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat60, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-ffmpeg56, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, 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:libpostproc58, 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:libswscale8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavutil56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavcodec-ffmpeg56, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat61, 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:libavfilter-extra10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavformat-extra58, 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:libswresample2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavfilter10, 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/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59728, CVE-2025-59731, CVE-2025-59732, CVE-2025-59733, CVE-2025-63757

IAVB: 2025-B-0150-S, 2025-B-0203

USN: 7982-1