Divide By Zero Affecting libsndfile package, versions <1.0.25-10
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EPSS
0.33% (72nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBSNDFILE-316420
- published 19 Nov 2015
- disclosed 19 Nov 2015
Introduced: 19 Nov 2015
CVE-2014-9756 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 libsndfile to version 1.0.25-10 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsndfile package and not the libsndfile package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
The 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9756
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/725c7dbb95bfaf8b4bb7b04820e3a00cceea9ce6
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/92
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00145.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/9
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9756
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2832-1
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