USN-8612-1: Roc Toolkit vulnerability
Publication date
27 July 2026
Overview
Roc Toolkit could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- 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.
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.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 26.04 LTS resolute | libroc0.4 – 0.4.0+dfsg-5ubuntu3.1 | ||
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