UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
FFmpeg vulnerability
USN-8329-1 Published May 28, 2026
CVE-2024-36617
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
It was discovered that the FFmpeg CAF decoder incorrectly handled certain file size calculations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause FFmpeg to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Affected Ubuntu releases: 24.04. CVEs: CVE-2024-36617.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 24.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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