Bug 2235372 (CVE-2020-18781)

Summary: CVE-2020-18781 audiofile: a Denial of Service via crafted file
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
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A vulnerability was found in audiofile, where heap buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in FilePOSIX::read in File.cpp leads to denial of service via a crafted wav file, this bug can be triggered by the executable sfconvert.
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Bug Depends On: 2235408, 2235373, 2235409    
Bug Blocks: 2235383    

Description Marian Rehak 2023-08-28 15:24:09 UTC
Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FilePOSIX::read in File.cpp in audiofile 0.3.6 may cause denial-of-service via a crafted wav file, this bug can be triggered by the executable sfconvert.

https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/56

Comment 3 TEJ RATHI 2023-08-28 16:36:43 UTC
Created audiofile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-8 [bug 2235408]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2235409]