CVE-2014-9496

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Published 2015-01-16 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.2	Affected	—
13.1	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
15.10	Affected	—
15.04	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.0.25-9.1`
sid	Fixed	`1.0.25-9.1`
forky	Fixed	`1.0.25-9.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.0.25-9.1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.0.25-9.1`
9.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libsndfile_project	libsndfile	`{"endExcluding":"1.0.26"}`	`1.0.26`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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