Bug 1440758 (CVE-2017-7586) - CVE-2017-7586 libsndfile: Error in header_read() causing stack-based buffer overflow
Summary: CVE-2017-7586 libsndfile: Error in header_read() causing stack-based buffer o...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-7586
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1440760
Blocks: 1440764
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Reported: 2017-04-10 12:34 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:09 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libsndfile 1.0.28
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A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libsndfile handled ID3 tags. This flaw could potentially be used to crash the application using libsndfile by tricking the application into processing specially crafted FLAC files.
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Last Closed: 2017-04-11 10:30:04 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 12:34:37 UTC 
In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074

Upstream news:

http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 12:37:45 UTC 
Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1440760]
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