Buffer overflow in Opensuse - CVE-2014-9496
Published: January 16, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40938
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9496
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Affected software:
Opensuse
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The sd2_parse_rsrc_fork function in sd2.c in libsndfile allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to a (1) map offset or (2) rsrc marker, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9496
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62320
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:024
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/04/4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71796
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2832-1
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/dbe14f00030af5d3577f4cabbf9861db59e9c378
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/93
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/23
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-03