CVE-2017-12562Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libsndfile

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.7%
top 14.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 5
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

debiandebian/libsndfile< libsndfile 1.0.28-3 (bookworm)
Debianlibsndfile_project/libsndfile< 1.0.28-3+3
Ubuntulibsndfile_project/libsndfile< 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-52w2-9c5h-2xqj: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common2022-05-14
OSV
libsndfile vulnerabilities2021-01-26
OSV
CVE-2017-12562: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common2017-08-05
CVEList
CVE-2017-12562: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common2017-08-05

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
libsndfile vulnerabilities2021-01-26
Microsoft
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspe2017-08-08
Red Hat
libsndfile: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in psf_binheader_writef function in common.c2017-08-05
Debian
CVE-2017-12562: libsndfile - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in l...2017

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12562 libsndfile: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in psf_binheader_writef function in common.c2017-08-18
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12562 libsndfile: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in psf_binheader_writef function in common.c [fedora-all]2017-08-18