[USN-7397-1] AOM vulnerability

[Chrisa Oikonomou]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7397-1
March 31, 2025

aom vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

AOM could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted
file.

Software Description:
- aom: AV1 Video Codec Library

Details:

Xiantong Hou discovered that AOM did not properly handle certain malformed
media files. If an application using AOM opened a specially crafted file, a
remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   aom-tools                       3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
   libaom-dev                      3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
   libaom3                         3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   aom-tools                       1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1ubuntu0.1
   libaom-dev                      1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1ubuntu0.1
   libaom0                         1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7397-1 
<https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7397-1>
   CVE-2024-5171

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aom/3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1 
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aom/3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aom/1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1ubuntu0.1 
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aom/1.0.0.errata1-3+deb11u1ubuntu0.1>
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