CVE-2017-14246

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14246
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-21 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-29 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn out of bounds read in the function d2ulaw_array() in ulaw.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile 1.0.28 All All All
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile 1.0.28 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-4013-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2418-1] libsndfile security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1618-1] libsndfile security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
type confusion(double's NAN & INF) vuls was found in function sfe_copy_data_fp() · Issue #317 · erikd/libsndfile · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
libsndfile: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-65) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900353 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libsndfile (3798)
  • 902802 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libsndfile (3846)
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