CVE-2014-9756
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-11-19 20:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-11-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-369Divide By ZeroBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f45968a40b7a7c335741f40fd96452374f1fb76027857708708f4d09f1bf8fbc
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1995http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00077.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/92
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141224 libsndfile DoS/divide-by-zerohttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151103 Re: libsndfile DoS/divide-by-zerohttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/9
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2832-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2832-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/725c7dbb95bfaf8b4bb7b04820e3a00cceea9ce6
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2119http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00145.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.25-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.25-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.25-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.