Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsndfile-devel package, versions <1.0.28-5.12.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBSNDFILEDEVEL-2667907
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed17 Aug 2021

Introduced: 17 Aug 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 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:15.1 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.