Bug 1499982 (CVE-2017-14634)

Summary: CVE-2017-14634 libsndfile: Divide-by-zero in the double64_init() function
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 15:40:25 UTC
In libsndfile 1.0.28, a divide-by-zero error exists in the function double64_init() in double64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/318

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/85c877d5072866aadbe8ed0c3e0590fbb5e16788

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 15:40:49 UTC
Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1499988]