Bug 1500006 (CVE-2017-14245)

Summary:	CVE-2017-14245 libsndfile: Out-of-bounds read in the function d2alaw_array()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 15:52:02 UTC

An out of bounds read in the function d2alaw_array() in alaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.28 may lead to a remote DoS attack, related to mishandling of the NAN and INFINITY floating-point values.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/317

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/fabiangreffrath/libsndfile/commit/2d54514a4f6437b67829717c05472d2e3300a258

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 15:54:22 UTC

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1499988]