The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5472-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FFmpeg would attempt to divide by zero when using Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) or     AAC codecs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-20445, CVE-2020-20446,     CVE-2020-20453)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue     to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-20450)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled file conversion to APNG format. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu     20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21041)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled remuxing RTP-hint tracks. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu     20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21688)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted AVI files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu     20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21697)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled writing MOV video tags. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22015)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled writing MOV files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue affected only Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2020-22016)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22017, CVE-2020-22020, CVE-2020-22022, CVE-2020-22023,     CVE-2022-22025, CVE-2020-22026, CVE-2020-22028, CVE-2020-22031, CVE-2020-22032, CVE-2020-22034,     CVE-2020-22036, CVE-2020-22042)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22019, CVE-2020-22021, CVE-2020-22033)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled memory when using certain filters. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22027, CVE-2020-22029, CVE-2020-22030, CVE-2020-22035)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted JPEG files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu     20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2020-22037)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly performed calculations in EXR codec. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04     LTS. (CVE-2020-35965)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg did not verify return values of functions init_vlc and init_get_bits. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-38114, CVE-2021-38171)

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain specially crafted files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10 and Ubuntu     22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1475)

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.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202312-14 (FFmpeg: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - dwa_uncompress in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg 4.4 allows an out-of-bounds array access because dc_count is     not strictly checked. (CVE-2021-33815)

  - adts_decode_extradata in libavformat/adtsenc.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the init_get_bits return     value, which is a necessary step because the second argument to init_get_bits can be crafted.
    (CVE-2021-38171)

  - FFmpeg version (git commit de8e6e67e7523e48bb27ac224a0b446df05e1640) suffers from a an assertion failure     at src/libavutil/mathematics.c. (CVE-2021-38291)

  - An integer overflow vulnerability was found in FFmpeg versions before 4.4.2 and before 5.0.1 in     g729_parse() in llibavcodec/g729_parser.c when processing a specially crafted file. (CVE-2022-1475)

  - A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ffmpeg. This affects an unknown part of the     file libavcodec/rpzaenc.c of the component QuickTime RPZA Video Encoder. The manipulation of the argument     y_size leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch     is 92f9b28ed84a77138105475beba16c146bdaf984. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The     associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213543. (CVE-2022-3964)

  - A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ffmpeg. This vulnerability affects the function     smc_encode_stream of the file libavcodec/smcenc.c of the component QuickTime Graphics Video Encoder. The     manipulation of the argument y_size leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack can be initiated remotely. The     name of the patch is 13c13109759090b7f7182480d075e13b36ed8edd. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix     this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213544. (CVE-2022-3965)

  - libavcodec/pthread_frame.c in FFmpeg before 5.1.2, as used in VLC and other products, leaves stale hwaccel     state in worker threads, which allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free and execute arbitrary code in     some circumstances (e.g., hardware re-initialization upon a mid-video SPS change when Direct3D11 is used).
    (CVE-2022-48434)

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

The version of ffmpeg installed on the remote host is prior to 4.4.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2024-235-01 advisory.

    New ffmpeg packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues.

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
161986	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : FFmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-5472-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	6/9/2022	8/27/2024	critical
187305	GLSA-202312-14 : FFmpeg: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	12/26/2023	12/26/2023	critical
206140	Slackware Linux 15.0 ffmpeg Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2024-235-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	8/22/2024	2/13/2025	medium

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