UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8586

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8586
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8586.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8586
Upstream
Published
2025-08-05T18:15:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T16:17:01.651817Z
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, which was classified as problematic, was found in libav up to 12.3. This affects the function ffseekframe_binary of the file /libavformat/utils.c of the component MPEG File Parser. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. 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
0Unknown 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-2025-8586.json"