USN-7660-1: fdkaac vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 July 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in fdkaac.


Packages

  • 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)

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)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky fdkaac –  1.0.0-1ubuntu0.25.04.1
24.04 noble fdkaac –  1.0.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1  
22.04 jammy fdkaac –  1.0.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1  
20.04 focal fdkaac –  0.6.3-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic fdkaac –  0.6.3-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial fdkaac –  0.6.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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