CVE-2024-50612

Publication date 27 October 2024

Last updated 19 February 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

libsndfile through 1.2.2 has an ogg_vorbis.c vorbis_analysis_wrote out-of-bounds read.

Why is this CVE low priority?

This only results in a DoS when reading a vorbis file

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libsndfile 24.10 oracular
Vulnerable, work in progress
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, work in progress
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.0.31-2ubuntu0.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.0.28-7ubuntu0.3
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libsndfile

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7267-1
    • libsndfile vulnerability
    • 13 February 2025
    • USN-7273-1
    • libsndfile vulnerabilities
    • 18 February 2025

Other references