| Name | CVE-2018-13139 |
| Description | A stack-based buffer overflow in psf_memset in common.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. The vulnerability can be triggered by the executable sndfile-deinterleave. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1618-1, ELA-80-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libsndfile (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.0.25-9.1+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.0.27-3+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.0.28-6+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.0.31-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.2.2-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/397
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/aaea680337267bfb6d2544da878890ee7f1c5077
Missing channel number check in sndfile-deinterleave program, not a
security issue in the library.