Bug 1524570 (CVE-2017-17456) - CVE-2017-17456 libsndfile: SEGV on unknown address in the function d2alaw_array()
Summary: CVE-2017-17456 libsndfile: SEGV on unknown address in the function d2alaw_arr...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-17456
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 1524573 1910603 1910605
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-11 17:09 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2022-04-17 20:54 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:33:31 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 17:09:25 UTC 
The function d2alaw_array() in alaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.29pre1 may lead to a remote DoS attack (SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000), a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14245.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/344
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-12-11 17:11:11 UTC 
Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1524573]
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