NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libsndfile-devel package, versions <1.0.28-5.12.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.96% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBSNDFILEDEVEL-2668126
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Aug 2021

Introduced: 17 Aug 2021

CVE-2018-19432  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libsndfile-devel to version 1.0.28-5.12.1 or higher.

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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function sf_write_int in sndfile.c, which will lead to a denial of service.