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Ubuntu 26.04 Roc Toolkit Significant Denial of Service Flaw USN-8612-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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Roc Toolkit update addresses a potential crash or code execution risk from malformed WAV files. Urgent action required.
A vulnerability in Roc Toolkit allows potential crashes or arbitrary code execution through malformed WAV files, affecting Ubuntu 26.04 LTS users; an update is recommended.

Summary

Roc Toolkit could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- roc-toolkit: real-time audio streaming over the network

Details:

It was discovered that Roc Toolkit incorrectly handled WAV files with a

malformed "smpl" chunk. An attacker could use this issue to cause Roc

Toolkit to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute

arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important crash issue roc-toolkit

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  libroc0.4                       0.4.0+dfsg-5ubuntu3.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8612-1

CVE-2026-29022

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8612-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu important crash issue roc-toolkit

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/roc-toolkit/0.4.0+dfsg-5ubuntu3.1

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