CVE-2018-19662

NameCVE-2018-19662
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c that will lead to a denial of service.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1618-1, DLA-2418-1, ELA-80-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libsndfile (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.0.25-9.1+deb8u7fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1.0.27-3+deb9u3fixed
buster1.0.28-6+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)1.0.28-6+deb10u2fixed
bullseye1.0.31-2fixed
bookworm1.2.0-1fixed
sid, trixie1.2.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libsndfilesourcewheezy1.0.25-9.1+deb7u5ELA-80-1
libsndfilesourcejessie1.0.25-9.1+deb8u2DLA-1618-1
libsndfilesourcestretch1.0.27-3+deb9u1DLA-2418-1
libsndfilesource(unstable)1.0.28-5low

Notes

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/429
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/8ddc442d539ca775d80cdbc7af17a718634a743f
similar to CVE-2017-17456/CVE-2017-17457 (but not duplicate)

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