Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2019
CVE-2019-3832
It was discovered the fix for CVE-2018-19758 (libsndfile) was not complete and still allows a read beyond the limits of a buffer in wav_write_header() function in wav.c
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was discovered the fix for CVE-2018-19758 (libsndfile) was not complete and still allows a read beyond the limits of a buffer in wav_write_header() function in wav.c. A local attacker may use this flaw to make the application crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libsndfile · Libsndfile Project
1.0.28 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3832
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3832
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3832
Exploit
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/456
Patch
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/pull/460
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-65
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/