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openSUSE 16 Security Update : ffmpeg-4 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20726-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 315035

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20726-1 advisory.

 Changes in ffmpeg-4:

 - CVE-2026-40962: Fixed inadequate CENC subsample bounds checks that could lead to an integer overflow (bsc#1262237).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262237

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40962

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 315035

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20726-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2026

Updated: 5/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40962

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libswresample-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavdevice58_13, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libavfilter-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavfilter7_110, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libavresample-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libavutil-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-private-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libavdevice-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavutil56_70, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavresample4_0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libavformat-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavcodec58_134, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libswresample3_9, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpostproc55_9, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libswscale-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libswscale5_9, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libavcodec-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavformat58_76, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-4-libpostproc-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40962