Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ffmpeg versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.5.15 | Mar 2, 2009 | Nov 29, 2014 | 4179 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.6 | 0.6.7 | May 4, 2010 | Sep 23, 2013 | 4611 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.7 | 0.7.17 | Jun 21, 2011 | Mar 12, 2015 | 4076 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.8 | 0.8.15 | Jun 21, 2011 | Oct 6, 2013 | 4598 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.9 | 0.9.4 | Dec 11, 2011 | Mar 21, 2014 | 4432 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.10 | 0.10.16 | Jan 26, 2012 | Mar 12, 2015 | 4076 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.11 | 0.11.5 | May 25, 2012 | Mar 10, 2014 | 4443 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.0 | 1.0.10 | Sep 28, 2012 | Jul 20, 2014 | 4311 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.1 | 1.1.16 | Jan 6, 2013 | Mar 13, 2015 | 4075 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.2 | 1.2.12 | Mar 15, 2013 | Feb 12, 2015 | 4104 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.0 | 2.0.7 | Jul 10, 2013 | Jun 10, 2015 | 3986 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.1 | 2.1.8 | Oct 28, 2013 | Apr 30, 2015 | 4027 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.2 | 2.2.16 | Mar 23, 2014 | Jun 18, 2015 | 3978 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.3 | 2.3.6 | Jul 16, 2014 | Jan 6, 2015 | 4141 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.4 | 2.4.14 | Sep 14, 2014 | Dec 31, 2017 | 3051 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.5 | 2.5.11 | Dec 4, 2014 | Feb 2, 2016 | 3749 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.6 | 2.6.9 | Mar 7, 2015 | May 3, 2016 | 3658 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.7 | 2.7.7 | Jun 10, 2015 | Apr 30, 2016 | 3661 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.8 | 2.8.22 | Sep 9, 2015 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 3.0 | 3.0.12 | Feb 15, 2016 | Oct 28, 2018 | 2750 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.1 | 3.1.11 | Jun 27, 2016 | Sep 25, 2017 | 3148 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | 3.2.19 | Oct 27, 2016 | Oct 28, 2022 | 1289 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.3 | 3.3.9 | Apr 13, 2017 | Nov 18, 2018 | 2729 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.4 | 3.4.14 | Oct 15, 2017 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 4.0 | 4.0.6 | Apr 20, 2018 | Jul 3, 2020 | 2136 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | 4.1.11 | Nov 6, 2018 | Jul 21, 2024 | 657 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | 4.2.11 | Aug 5, 2019 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 4.3 | 4.3.9 | Jun 15, 2020 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 4.4 | 4.4.7 | Apr 8, 2021 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 5.0 | 5.0.3 | Jan 14, 2022 | Apr 2, 2023 | 1133 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 LTS | 5.1.9 | Jul 22, 2022 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 6.0 | 6.0.1 | Feb 27, 2023 | Jul 11, 2024 | 667 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.5 | Nov 11, 2023 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 7.0 | 7.0.3 | Apr 5, 2024 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 7.1 LTS | 7.1.4 | Sep 30, 2024 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 8.0 | 8.0.2 | Aug 22, 2025 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
| 8.1 | 8.1.1 | Mar 16, 2026 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Ffmpeg version reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Ffmpeg should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
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