============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1675-1 December 19, 2012 ffmpeg vulnerabilities ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: FFmpeg could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - ffmpeg: multimedia player, server and encoder Details: It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libavcodec52 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.2 libavformat52 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1675-1 CVE-2012-2777, CVE-2012-2784, CVE-2012-2788, CVE-2012-2801 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.2