Bug 1500007 (CVE-2017-14246) - CVE-2017-14246 libsndfile: Out-of-bounds read in the function d2ulaw_array()
Summary: CVE-2017-14246 libsndfile: Out-of-bounds read in the function d2ulaw_array()
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-14246
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1499988 1910606
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-10-09 15:53 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2022-04-17 20:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:27:30 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-09 15:53:25 UTC 
An out of bounds read in the function d2ulaw_array() in alaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.28 may lead to a remote DoS attack or information disclosure, 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 15:54:14 UTC 
Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1499988]
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