Bug 1500006 – CVE-2017-14245 libsndfile: Out-of-bounds read in the function d2alaw_array()

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Bug 1500006 - (CVE-2017-14245) CVE-2017-14245 libsndfile: Out-of-bounds read in the function d2alaw_array()

Summary:	CVE-2017-14245 libsndfile: Out-of-bounds read in the function d2alaw_array()

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-14245

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 11:52 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2017-10-09 11:54 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 11:52:02 EDT

An out of bounds read in the function d2alaw_array() in alaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.28 may lead to a remote DoS attack, related to mishandling of the NAN and INFINITY floating-point values.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/317

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/fabiangreffrath/libsndfile/commit/2d54514a4f6437b67829717c05472d2e3300a258

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 11:54:22 EDT

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1499988]

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