Bug 1524571 – CVE-2017-17457 libsndfile: SEGV on unknown address in the function d2ulaw_array()

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Bug 1524571 - (CVE-2017-17457) CVE-2017-17457 libsndfile: SEGV on unknown address in the function d2ulaw_array()

Summary:	CVE-2017-17457 libsndfile: SEGV on unknown address in the function d2ulaw_arr...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-17457

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

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Depends On:	1524573
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Reported:	2017-12-11 12:10 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2017-12-11 12:11 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 12:10:18 EST

The function d2ulaw_array() in ulaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.29pre1 may lead to a remote DoS attack (SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000), a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14246.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/344

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 12:11:19 EST

Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1524573]

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