CVE-2017-14246

N/A
Published: September 21, 2017 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLibsndfile

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/317
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00016.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-65
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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