CVE-2014-9496

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9496
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-16 16:59:16 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe sd2_parse_rsrc_fork function in sd2.c in libsndfile allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to a (1) map offset or (2) rsrc marker, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA62320 - SUSE update for libsndfile - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:024 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2832-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
libsndfile 'src/sd2.c' Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0015 - Updated libsndfile packages fix CVE-2014-9496 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
src/sd2.c : Fix two potential buffer read overflows. · dbe14f0 · erikd/libsndfile · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4430-1] wpa security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0041-1: moderate: Security update for libsndfile af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
libsndfile: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201612-03) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request: libsndfile buffer overread af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
sd2.c: 2 buffer overruns · Issue #93 · erikd/libsndfile · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671077 EulerOS Security Update for libsndfile (EulerOS-SA-2019-2513)
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