Vigil@nce - libsndfile: out-of-bounds memory reading via wav_write_header
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Debian.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: data reading, denial of service on service, denial
of service on client.
– Provenance: document.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 30/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via
wav_write_header() of libsndfile, in order to trigger a denial of
service, or to obtain sensitive information.
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