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openSUSE 16: ffmpeg-7 / ffmpeg-7-libavcodec-devel / ffmpeg-7-libavdevice-devel / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21258-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326066

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-2026:21258-1 advisory.

 This update for ffmpeg-7 fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-30997: out-of-bounds read in the `read_global_param()` function allows for a DoS via crafted input (bsc#1262047).

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/1262047

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-30997

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326066

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21258-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2026

Updated: 7/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-30997

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libswresample5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libswscale8, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavfilter10, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7-libavcodec-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7-libavfilter-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7-libavdevice-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavformat61, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavdevice61, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7-libswscale-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7-libswresample-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7-libavutil-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavcodec61, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7-libavformat-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavutil59, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpostproc58, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ffmpeg-7-libpostproc-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-30997