Bug 1499982 – CVE-2017-14634 libsndfile: Divide-by-zero in the double64_init() function

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Bug 1499982 - (CVE-2017-14634) CVE-2017-14634 libsndfile: Divide-by-zero in the double64_init() function

Summary:	CVE-2017-14634 libsndfile: Divide-by-zero in the double64_init() function

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-14634

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

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Depends On:	1499988
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Reported:	2017-10-09 11:40 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2017-10-09 11:40 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 11:40:25 EDT

In libsndfile 1.0.28, a divide-by-zero error exists in the function double64_init() in double64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/318

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/85c877d5072866aadbe8ed0c3e0590fbb5e16788

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 11:40:49 EDT

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1499988]

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