CVE-2014-9496 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9496?

CVE-2014-9496 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Jan 2015.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9496?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libsndfile Project Libsndfile, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9496?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-9496 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9496, GHSA-pc8q-hxww-6c2f, MGASA-2015-0015, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9496.