Out-of-bounds read in libsamplerate - CVE-2017-7697

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32093

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7697

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In libsamplerate before 0.1.9, a buffer over-read occurs in the calc_output_single function in src_sinc.c via a crafted audio file.

libsamplerate
libsamplerate (Alpine package)
libsamplerate0 (Ubuntu package)
libsamplerate
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Ubuntu
Fedora

Install update from vendor's website.

libsamplerate - update to 0.1.9
libsamplerate (Alpine package) - update to 0.1.9-r0
libsamplerate0 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
libsamplerate - addressed in versions 0.1.9-1.fc26, 0.1.9-1.fc27

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97587
• https://github.com/erikd/libsamplerate/issues/11

• Out-of-bounds read in www.mega-nerd.com libsamplerate
• Out-of-bounds read in libsamplerate (Alpine package)
• Ubuntu update for libsamplerate
• Fedora 27 update for libsamplerate
• Fedora 26 update for libsamplerate