Resource Exhaustion Affecting faac package, versions <1.29+git20170704-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FAAC-5678797
  • published21 Jun 2017
  • disclosed21 Jun 2017

Introduced: 21 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9129  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 faac to version 1.29+git20170704-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream faac package and not the faac package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The wav_open_read function in frontend/input.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Coder (FAAC) 1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (large loop) via a crafted wav file.