CVE-2019-3832
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 20, 2019 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLibsndfile
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3832x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/456x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/pull/460Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-65Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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