Resource Exhaustion The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package faac  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1810-FAAC-282639
  • 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)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream faac package and not the faac package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.