Bug 2024253 (CVE-2020-23904)

Summary:	CVE-2020-23904 speex: stack-based buffer overflow in speexenc.c via a crafted WAV file
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ajax, caillon+fedoraproject, gnome-sig, manisandro, mclasen, rh-spice-bugs, rhughes, rstrode, sandmann, tkorbar, valtri
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in speex within the read_samples() at src/speexenc.c function. This flaw allows a malicious user to provide a crafted wav file to the speexenc utility, and in some cases, possibly lead to arbitrary code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2024254, 2024255, 2026253, 2026255, 2026256
Bug Blocks:	2024256

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-11-17 17:00:12 UTC

A stack buffer overflow in speexenc.c of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file.

Reference:
https://github.com/xiph/speex/issues/14

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-11-17 17:00:32 UTC

Created mingw-speex tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2024255]


Created speex tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2024254]