🛡️ CVE-2022-33065 — libsndfile

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-190 NVD
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Description

Multiple signed integers overflow in function au_read_header in src/au.c and in functions mat4_open and mat4_read_header in src/mat4.c in Libsndfile, allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service or other unspecified impacts.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-33065 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

CVE-2022-33065 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libsndfile

Timeline and source

Published on 18 July 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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CVE-2022-33065 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-190
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-07-18
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libsndfile — —

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