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CVE-2017-14246 json

An out of bounds read in the function d2ulaw_array() in ulaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.28 may lead to a remote DoS attack or information disclosu…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-5750

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An out of bounds read in the function d2ulaw_array() in ulaw.c of libsndfile 1.0.28 may lead to a remote DoS attack or information disclosure, related to mishandling of the NAN and INFINITY floating-point values.

Patch / fix

  • libsndfile Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.28-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14246

  • libsndfile Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.2
  • libsndfile Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • libsndfile Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14246

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libsndfile SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 1.0.25-36.7.2
  • libsndfile SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.0.20-2.19.7.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0352-1SUSE-SU-2018:0351-1

  • libsndfile openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.31-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10992-1

  • libsndfile Arch Linux 1.0.31-1
  • lib32-libsndfile Arch Linux 1.0.31-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1549AVG-1550

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14246 updated cvss 3.3

libsndfile: Out-of-bounds read in the function d2ulaw_array()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libsndfile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libsndfile, libsndfile-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libsndfile, libsndfile-utils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

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