CVE-2011-2696 (GCVE-0-2011-2696)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-07-27 01:29 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:08
VLAI
Summary
Integer overflow in libsndfile before 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PARIS Audio Format (PAF) file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2011-07-12 00:00
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