On 2026-02-21 23:04:23 +0000, Lyndon Brown wrote:
> On Sat, 2026-02-21 at 23:53 +0100, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> > On 2026-02-21 22:47:26 +0000, Lyndon Brown wrote:
> > > Source: ffmpeg
> > > Version: 7:8.0.1-3
> > > Severity: grave
> > > 
> > > Dear maintainer, you may be aware of the recent high-profile
> > > security
> > > vulnerability patched in libvpx (CVE-2026-2447).
> > > 
> > > Please be aware that while libvpx12 in the Sid archive is patched
> > > for
> > > this, libvpx11 is not, and ffmpeg libraries libavcodec61 and
> > > libavcodec-extra61 depend upon libvpx11 not libvpx12.
> > 
> > libavcodec61 and libavcodec-extra61 are cruft packages from ffmpeg
> > 7.0.x.
> > 
> > > This leaves users of the likes of ffmpeg, blender, handbrake, kodi,
> > > and
> > > linphone potentially vulnerable.
> > 
> > See the open FTBFS bugs of handbrake, kodi, and others. There is
> > nothing
> > in ffmpeg that can be done to fix those.
> > 
> > > I've filed a bug against libvpx11 itself (#1128623). Hopefully its
> > > maintainer will backport patches. Otherwise please can you look at
> > > patching ffmpeg to use libvpx12.
> > 
> > ffmpeg is already using libvpx12. Closing.
> > 
> > Cheers
> 
> Ah yes, I see.
> 
> I made an assumption about ffmpeg itself, overlooked that these libs
> were old components, and wasn't aware of the issue of these dependant
> projects not yet having moved to version 8.
> 
> libvpx11 will just have to be patched then.

It can't. libvpx11 is cruft in unstable.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher

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