Medium
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
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-19758
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:53 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:CVE-2018-19758
Complete source record
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