Bug 1955611 (CVE-2021-21417) - CVE-2021-21417 fluidsynth: A use after free via invalid SoundFont file
Summary: CVE-2021-21417 fluidsynth: A use after free via invalid SoundFont file
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2021-21417
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1955612 1955613
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-04-30 14:16 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2021-04-30 16:46 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: fluidsynth 2.1.8
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Last Closed: 2021-04-30 16:46:36 UTC
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Description Michael Kaplan 2021-04-30 14:16:25 UTC 
fluidsynth is a software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. A use after free violation was discovered in fluidsynth, that can be triggered when loading an invalid SoundFont file.
Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2021-04-30 14:16:29 UTC 
External References:

https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/issues/808
https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/security/advisories/GHSA-6fcq-pxhc-jxc9
Comment 2 Michael Kaplan 2021-04-30 14:16:46 UTC 
Created fluidsynth tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1955613]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1955612]
Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-04-30 16:46:36 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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