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Debian 11: Audiofile Important Security Update DLA-4255-1

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 28, 2025
Dist Debian Esm H88
The latest revisions to the audiofile package address critical vulnerabilities linked to integer overflow and memory management flaws highlighted in CVE-2019-13147 and CVE-2022-24599.
The audiofile library allows the processing of audio data to and from audio files of many common formats (currently AIFF, AIFF-C, WAVE, NeXT/Sun, BICS, and raw data)

Summary

The audiofile library allows the processing of audio data to and
from audio files of many common formats (currently AIFF, AIFF-C,
WAVE, NeXT/Sun, BICS, and raw data).

CVE-2019-13147

Audiofile was vulnerable due to an integer overflow.
Bail out early if NeXT audio files include too many channels.

CVE-2022-24599

A memory leak was found due to reading not null
terminated copyright field. Preallocate zeroed memory and
always NUL terminates C strings.


For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version
0.3.6-5+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your audiofile packages.

For the detailed security status of audiofile please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/audiofile

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: audiofile
Version: 0.3.6-5+deb11u1
CVE ID: CVE-2019-13147 CVE-2022-24599

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