CVE-2026-109828 (GCVE-0-2026-109828)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-13 17:00
Modified
2026-10-13 17:16
Severity ?
2.1 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RC:C
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-457 - Use of Uninitialized Variable
  • CWE-453 - Insecure Default Variable Initialization
Summary
A vulnerability was found in libsndfile up to 1.2.2. This issue affects the function wavlike_subchunk_parse of the file src/wavlike.c of the component WAV Parsing. Performing a manipulation results in use of uninitialized variable. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a libsndfile Version: 1.2.0
Version: 1.2.1
Version: 1.2.2
    cpe:2.3:a:libsndfile:libsndfile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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