Out-of-Bounds Affecting audiofile-devel package, versions <1:0.3.6-9.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.47% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-AUDIOFILEDEVEL-7548187
  • published23 Jul 2024
  • disclosed19 Feb 2020

Introduced: 19 Feb 2020

CVE-2015-7747  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 audiofile-devel to version 1:0.3.6-9.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2601.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream audiofile-devel package and not the audiofile-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c.

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