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CVE-2014-9496

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9496 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the sd2_parse_rsrc_fork function of libsndfile, affecting products from Canonical, Debian, OpenSUSE, and Oracle. This local vulnerability, with low attack complexity, could lead to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libsndfile_project:libsndfile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0058 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libsndfile
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libsndfile

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9496Low

libsndfile: 2 buffer overruns in sd2_parse_rsrc_fork()

Dec 22, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0015.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/62320
Third Party Advisory
github.com / erikd/libsndfile/commit/dbe14f00030af5d3577f4cabbf9861db59e9c378
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / erikd/libsndfile/issues/93
ExploitThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Apr/23
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-03
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/04/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71796
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2832-1
Third Party Advisory