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Ubuntu 25.04: fdkaac Critical Denial of Service Issues USN-7660-1

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities in fdkaac addressed in various Ubuntu editions. All impacted systems advised to apply updates.
Several security issues were fixed in fdkaac.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in fdkaac.

Software Description:

- fdkaac: Command line frontend for libfdk-aac

Details:

It was discovered that fdkaac did not correctly handle certain input. If a

user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service. (CVE-2022-36148)

It was discovered that fdkaac did not correctly handle certain memory

operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a

specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

a denial of service. (CVE-2022-37781, CVE-2023-34823, CVE-2023-34824)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu vulnerability fdkaac

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
  fdkaac                          1.0.0-1ubuntu0.25.04.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  fdkaac                          1.0.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  fdkaac                          1.0.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  fdkaac                          0.6.3-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  fdkaac                          0.6.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  fdkaac                          0.6.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7660-1

CVE-2022-36148, CVE-2022-37781, CVE-2023-34823, CVE-2023-34824

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7660-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu vulnerability fdkaac

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fdkaac/1.0.0-1ubuntu0.25.04.1

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