Bug 1524570 (CVE-2017-17456)

Summary:	CVE-2017-17456 libsndfile: SEGV on unknown address 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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Bug Depends On:	1499988, 1524573, 1910603, 1910605
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 17:09:25 UTC

The function d2alaw_array() in alaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.29pre1 may lead to a remote DoS attack (SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000), a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14245.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/344

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 17:11:11 UTC

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1524573]