CVE-2014-9756

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9756
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-19 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-20 17:34:00 UTC
DescriptionThe psf_fwrite function in file_io.c in libsndfile allows attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via unspecified vectors related to the headindex variable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-369

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 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
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile All All All All
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - libsndfile DoS/divide-by-zero MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1995-1: moderate: Security update for libsndfile SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
divide-by-zero · Issue #92 · erikd/libsndfile · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
src/file_io.c : Prevent potential divide-by-zero. · erikd/libsndfile@725c7db · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:2119-1: moderate: Security update for libsndfile SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: libsndfile DoS/divide-by-zero MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2832-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com 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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