High severity · published Nov 29, 2018
CVE-2018-19662
An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28
8.1
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libsndfile · Libsndfile Project
1.0.28 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19662
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19662
Exploit
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/429
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00016.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
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