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libsndfile — security advisory
There is a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a denial of service.
- Products
- libsndfile
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.28-r5, 1.0.28-r6, 1.0.28-r8
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-19758
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
There is a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a denial of service.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-19758
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r5
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r6
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.28-r8
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