High
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c that will lead to a denial of service.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-19662
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c that will lead to a denial of service.
osv:CVE-2018-19662
Complete source record
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