CVE-2019-3832

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN]	libsndfile	NA

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3832Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/456Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/pull/460Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-65Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3832Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/456Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/pull/460Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-65Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 21, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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