USN-8178-1: oFono vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 April 2026

Overview

oFono could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.


Packages

  • ofono - A free software project for mobile telephony applications

Details

It was discovered that oFono incorrectly handled crafted responses
from AT commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash
the program, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code
execution. (CVE-2024-7538, CVE-2024-7539, CVE-2024-7540, CVE-2024-7541,
CVE-2024-7542)

Lucas Leong discovered that oFono incorrectly handled crafted input.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program,
resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2024-7543, CVE-2024-7544, CVE-2024-7545, CVE-2024-7546,
CVE-2024-7547)

It was discovered that oFono incorrectly handled crafted responses
from AT commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash
the program, resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code
execution. (CVE-2024-7538, CVE-2024-7539, CVE-2024-7540, CVE-2024-7541,
CVE-2024-7542)

Lucas Leong discovered that oFono incorrectly handled crafted input.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program,
resulting in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2024-7543, CVE-2024-7544, CVE-2024-7545, CVE-2024-7546,
CVE-2024-7547)

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
24.04 LTS noble ofono –  1.31-3ubuntu3.24.04.2+esm1  
22.04 LTS jammy ofono –  1.31-3ubuntu1.2+esm1  
20.04 LTS focal ofono –  1.31-2ubuntu1+esm3  
18.04 LTS bionic ofono –  1.21-1ubuntu1+esm3  
16.04 LTS xenial ofono –  1.17.bzr6912+16.04.20160314.3-0ubuntu1+esm3  

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