UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8584

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8584
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8584.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8584
Upstream
Published
2025-08-05T17:15:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T16:17:08Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in libav up to 12.3. Affected by this vulnerability is the function av_buffer_unref of the file libavutil/buffer.c of the component AVI File Parser. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The bug was initially reported by the researcher to the wrong project. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libav

Package

Name
libav
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libav@6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6:0.*
6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2
6:9.*
6:9.10-1ubuntu1
6:9.10-1ubuntu2
6:9.10-1ubuntu5
6:9.10-1ubuntu6
6:9.10-1ubuntu7
6:9.11-2ubuntu1
6:9.11-2ubuntu2
6:9.13-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.14-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.16-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libav-tools",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra-54",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec54",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice-extra-53",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice53",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-extra-3",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter3",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat-extra-54",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat54",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavresample1",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil-extra-52",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil52",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale-extra-2",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale2",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8584.json"