Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsndfile package, versions *


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-RHEL8-LIBSNDFILE-1328435
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Oct 2018

Introduced: 29 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-19758  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 libsndfile.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsndfile package and not the libsndfile package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a denial of service.