Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsndfile package, versions <1.0.25-9.1+deb8u2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.44% (75th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBSNDFILE-316364
- published 21 Sep 2017
- disclosed 21 Sep 2017
Introduced: 21 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14245 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
libsndfile
to version 1.0.25-9.1+deb8u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsndfile
package and not the libsndfile
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
An out of bounds read in the function d2alaw_array() in alaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.28 may lead to a remote DoS attack or information disclosure, related to mishandling of the NAN and INFINITY floating-point values.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14245
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00016.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-65
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/317
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14245
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/