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FKIE_CVE-2014-9756

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-11-19 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18

Severity

Summary

The psf_fwrite function in file_io.c in libsndfile allows attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via unspecified vectors related to the headindex variable.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00077.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00145.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/3	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/9	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2832-1	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/725c7dbb95bfaf8b4bb7b04820e3a00cceea9ce6	Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/92	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00077.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2832-1	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/725c7dbb95bfaf8b4bb7b04820e3a00cceea9ce6	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/92	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
libsndfile_project	libsndfile	*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.04
canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10
opensuse	leap	42.1
opensuse	opensuse	13.1
opensuse	opensuse	13.2

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CVE-2014-9756 (GCVE-0-2014-9756)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-19 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/92	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/9	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2832-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/725c7d…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2014-12-24 00:00

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CVE-2014-9756 (GCVE-0-2014-9756)

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