CVE-2022-33064

Publication date 18 July 2023

Last updated 20 October 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

An off-by-one error in function wav_read_header in src/wav.c in Libsndfile 1.1.0, results in a write out of bound, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code, Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libsndfile 25.10 questing
Vulnerable, fix deferred
25.04 plucky
Vulnerable, fix deferred
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was deferred [2025-10-20]
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, fix deferred
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2024-09-19]
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was deferred [2024-09-19]
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, fix deferred
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, fix deferred
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, fix deferred
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, fix deferred
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable, fix deferred

Notes

mdeslaur

This is probably a false positive, see: https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/issues/832#issuecomment-1702253852 as of 2025-10-20, there is no upstream fix for this issue

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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