Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libsndfile-devel package, versions <0:1.0.25-12.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBSNDFILEDEVEL-8014478
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed27 Nov 2018

Introduced: 27 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libsndfile-devel to version 0:1.0.25-12.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3922.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsndfile-devel package and not the libsndfile-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c that will lead to a denial of service.