USN-7890-1

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    USN-7890-1

    Published: 26 Nov 2025Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: ffmpeg vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that FFmpeg did not properly handle the parsing of certain malformed HLS playlists. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted HLS playlist, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7890-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6603

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ffmpeg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm13

    Affected versions

    7:2.7.2-1build1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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