CVE-2009-1791 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libsndfile

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow8 documents7 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
8.5%
top 7.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Libsndfile Project LibsndfileDebian LibsndfileMega-nerd Libsndfile+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 26
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in aiff_read_header in libsndfile 1.0.15 through 1.0.19, as used in Winamp 5.552 and possibly other media programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an AIFF file with an invalid header value.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/libsndfile< libsndfile 1.0.20-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibsndfile_project/libsndfile< 1.0.20-1+3
▶NVDmega-nerd/libsndfile5 versions+4
▶NVDnullsoft/winamp7 versions+6

Patches

Patch: www.mega-nerd.com ↗Patch: www.mega-nerd.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5xq8-86qp-x5q2: Heap-based buffer overflow in aiff_read_header in libsndfile 1↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-1791: Heap-based buffer overflow in aiff_read_header in libsndfile 1↗2009-05-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libsndfile vulnerabilities↗2009-10-15
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Red Hat
libsndfile AIFF file heap based buffer overflow↗2009-05-15
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Debian
CVE-2009-1791: libsndfile - Heap-based buffer overflow in aiff_read_header in libsndfile 1.0.15 through 1.0....↗2009
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-1788 CVE-2009-1791 Multiple libsndfile vulnerabilities [Fedora epel-5]↗2010-12-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2009-1791 libsndfile AIFF file heap based buffer overflow↗2009-05-26
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