Bug 1440756 – CVE-2017-7585 libsndfile: Stack-based buffer overflow in flac_buffer_copy()

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Bug 1440756 - (CVE-2017-7585) CVE-2017-7585 libsndfile: Stack-based buffer overflow in flac_buffer_copy()

Summary:	CVE-2017-7585 libsndfile: Stack-based buffer overflow in flac_buffer_copy()

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7585

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1440760
Blocks:	1440764
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Reported:	2017-04-10 08:31 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2017-04-11 13:00 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	libsndfile 1.0.28
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Doc Text:	A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libsndfile handled FLAC files. This flaw could potentially be used to crash the application using libsndfile by tricking the application into processing specially crafted FLAC files.
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Last Closed:	2017-04-11 05:08:57 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 08:31:11 EDT

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 08:37:35 EDT

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1440760]

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