Bug 1440756 (CVE-2017-7585)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7585 libsndfile: Stack-based buffer overflow in flac_buffer_copy()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	andreas, mhlavink, slawomir
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libsndfile 1.0.28	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libsndfile handled FLAC files. This flaw could potentially be used to crash the application using libsndfile by tricking the application into processing specially crafted FLAC files.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2017-04-11 09:08:57 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1440760
Bug Blocks:	1440764

Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 12:31:11 UTC

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 12:37:35 UTC

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1440760]