CVE-2019-3832

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3832
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-21 16:01:00 UTC
Updated2023-03-01 18:02:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered the fix for CVE-2018-19758 (libsndfile) was not complete and still allows a read beyond the limits of a buffer in wav_write_header() function in wav.c. A local attacker may use this flaw to make the application crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 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
wav_write_header: don't read past the array end by epozuelo · Pull Request #460 · erikd/libsndfile · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4013-1: libsndfile vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
1677216 – (CVE-2019-3832) CVE-2019-3832 libsndfile: incomplete fix for CVE-2018-19758 still allow to read beyond buffer limits CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2418-1] libsndfile security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Incomplete fix for CVE-2018-19758 · Issue #456 · erikd/libsndfile · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, 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

  • 296078 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 16.4.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 500316 Alpine Linux Security Update for libsndfile
  • 504083 Alpine Linux Security Update for libsndfile
  • 690448 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for libsndfile (086c96cd-d0cb-11ea-b922-5404a68ad561)
  • 900459 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libsndfile (3853)
  • 903271 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for libsndfile (3802)
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