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Bug 1463326 (CVE-2017-6892)

Summary: CVE-2017-6892 libsndfile: Information disclosure via aiff_read_chanmap() function
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-06-20 15:11:11 UTC
In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()" function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748

References:

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-13/

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-06-20 15:11:59 UTC
Created libsndfile tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1463328]