Out-of-Bounds Affecting libsndfile package, versions [,1.0.18)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
37.07% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBSNDFILE-2370271
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Sept 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-4974  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libsndfile to version 1.0.18 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC file with crafted PCM data containing a block with a size that exceeds the previous block size.

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