CVE-2025-52194
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier...
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
CVE-2025-52194- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-25491
7.5
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2025-25491- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3w6g-vv96-4ph6
7.5
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier...
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
GHSA-3w6g-vv96-4ph6- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.5
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
CVE-2025-52194- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
CVE-2025-52194- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-52194
7.5
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-52194- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-52194
7.5
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-52194- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-66669 No score
CVE-2025-52194 affecting package libsndfile 1.0.31-4
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
AZL-66669- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-66671 No score
CVE-2025-52194 affecting package libsndfile 1.2.2-5
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution.
- Record
AZL-66671- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1786483996 No score
libsndfile: Fix of CVE-2025-52194
- CVE-2025-52194: fix undefined behavior on float samplerate cast in ircam_read_header by using psf_lrintf (upstream 7ff854d1)
- Record
CLSA-2026-1786483996- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1786490187 No score
libsndfile: Fix of CVE-2025-52194
- CVE-2025-52194: fix undefined behavior on float samplerate cast in ircam_read_header by using psf_lrintf (upstream 7ff854d1)
- Record
CLSA-2026-1786490187- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1788170819 No score
Fix CVE(s): CVE-2021-4156, CVE-2022-33065, CVE-2025-52194
- SECURITY UPDATE: multiple signed integer overflows in the AU, MAT4/MAT5,
AVR, SDS, AIFF, IRCAM, RF64, PCM and IMA-ADPCM header parsers allow
denial of service via a crafted file (ELSCVE-171688)
- debian/patches/CVE-2022-33065/CVE-2022-33065-{1..8,11..13}.patch: widen the overflowing data_end, blockwidth and sample-count calculations to sf_count_t in src/au.c, src/mat4.c, src/mat5.c, src/avr.c, src/sds.c, src/aiff.c, src/ircam.c, src/common.h, src/common.c, src/pcm.c, src/rf64.c and src/ima_adpcm.c. Byte-identical to Ubuntu's own patches as shipped in the public focal security source 1.0.28-7ubuntu0.3 (same upstream 1.0.28, same 13-patch prefix); the bionic +esm1 artifact itself is Ubuntu Pro-gated. Note that Ubuntu's CVE-2022-33065-13.patch is a squash of three upstream commits rather than the single one its header names: 3970faeb (IMA ADPCM nibble sizing) and 7e6cc7cb (stepindx initialisation) are prerequisites that 1.0.28 predates, alongside the cited 9f097e49 which carries the CVE-2022-33065 fix proper; all three are credited in that patch's provenance note.
- CVE-2022-33065
- SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read in the FLAC decoder when a frame
fails to decode and the stale frame pointer is reused (ELSCVE-171682)
- debian/patches/CVE-2021-4156.patch: NULL pflac->frame when FLAC__stream_decoder_process_single() fails in flac_read_loop() in src/flac.c. Byte-identical to Ubuntu's own patch as shipped in the public focal security source 1.0.28-7ubuntu0.3; upstream commit ced91d7b971be6173b604154c39279ce90ad87cc.
- CVE-2021-4156
- SECURITY UPDATE: undefined float-to-int conversion of the IRCAM header
sample rate on out-of-range or non-finite values (ELSCVE-171686)
- debian/patches/CVE-2025-52194.patch: convert the file-supplied sample rate with lrintf() instead of a bare (int) cast in ircam_read_header() in src/ircam.c, and include <math.h>. Backport of upstream commit 7ff854d1e0bd9a751a9ff52ed980c62afced91fe, adapted because 1.0.28 has no psf_lrintf() helper; src/mat4.c already uses lrint() for the same purpose in this tree.
- CVE-2025-52194
- Record
CLSA-2026-1788170819- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2026-0215 No score
Updated libsndfile packages fix security vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-52194 A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in libsndfile version 1.2.2 and potentially earlier versions when processing malformed IRCAM audio files. The vulnerability occurs in the ircam_read_header function at src/ircam.c:164 during sample rate processing, leading to memory corruption and potential code execution. CVE-2025-56226 Libsndfile <=1.2.2 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the mpeg_l3_encoder_init() function within the mpeg_l3_encode.c file. CVE-2026-37555 An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.2.2 IMA ADPCM codec. The AIFF code path (line 241) was fixed with (sf_count_t) cast, but the WAV code path (line 235) and close path (line 167) were not. When samplesperblock (int) * blocks (int) exceeds INT_MAX, the 32-bit multiplication overflows before being assigned to sf.frames (sf_count_t/int64). With samplesperblock=50000 and blocks=50000, the product 2500000000 overflows to -1794967296. This causes incorrect frame count leading to heap buffer overflow or denial of service. Both values come from the WAV file header and are attacker-controlled. This issue was discovered after an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-33065.
- Record
MGASA-2026-0215- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10730-1 No score
libsndfile-devel-1.2.2-5.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libsndfile-devel-1.2.2-5.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
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openSUSE-SU-2026:10730-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:20787-1 No score
Security update for libsndfile
This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues
- CVE-2025-52194: buffer overflow in the ircam_read_header function of file src/ircam.c when processing malformed IRCAM audio files (bsc#1248458).
- CVE-2025-56226: memory leak in the
mpeg_l3_encoder_init()function ofmpeg_l3_encode.c(bsc#1256702). - CVE-2026-37555: IMA-ADPCM integer overflow (bsc#1263695).
Changes for libsndfile:
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:20787-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:1968-1 No score
Security update for libsndfile
This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues
- CVE-2025-52194: buffer overflow in the ircam_read_header function of file src/ircam.c when processing malformed IRCAM audio files (bsc#1248458).
- CVE-2026-37555: IMA-ADPCM integer overflow (bsc#1263695).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2026:1968-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:1969-1 No score
Security update for libsndfile
This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues
- CVE-2025-52194: buffer overflow in the ircam_read_header function of file src/ircam.c when processing malformed IRCAM audio files (bsc#1248458).
- CVE-2026-37555: IMA-ADPCM integer overflow (bsc#1263695).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2026:1969-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:21826-1 No score
Security update for libsndfile
This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues
- CVE-2025-52194: buffer overflow in the ircam_read_header function of file src/ircam.c when processing malformed IRCAM audio files (bsc#1248458).
- CVE-2025-56226: memory leak in the
mpeg_l3_encoder_init()function ofmpeg_l3_encode.c(bsc#1256702). - CVE-2026-37555: IMA-ADPCM integer overflow (bsc#1263695).
Changes for libsndfile:
- Record
SUSE-SU-2026:21826-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
libsndfileAzure Linux:2 |
through 1.0.31-4 | None known |
libsndfileAzure Linux:3 |
through 1.2.2-5 | None known |
libsndfileTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2 |
before 1.0.31-7.el9_2.tuxcare.els4 | 1.0.31-7.el9_2.tuxcare.els4 |
libsndfile-develTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2 |
before 1.0.31-7.el9_2.tuxcare.els4 | 1.0.31-7.el9_2.tuxcare.els4 |
libsndfile-utilsTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2 |
before 1.0.31-7.el9_2.tuxcare.els4 | 1.0.31-7.el9_2.tuxcare.els4 |
libsndfileTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6 |
before 1.0.31-9.el9_6.tuxcare.els2 | 1.0.31-9.el9_6.tuxcare.els2 |
libsndfile-develTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6 |
before 1.0.31-9.el9_6.tuxcare.els2 | 1.0.31-9.el9_6.tuxcare.els2 |
libsndfile-utilsTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6 |
before 1.0.31-9.el9_6.tuxcare.els2 | 1.0.31-9.el9_6.tuxcare.els2 |
libsndfile1TuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04 |
before 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2+tuxcare.els1 | 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2+tuxcare.els1 |
libsndfile1-devTuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04 |
before 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2+tuxcare.els1 | 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2+tuxcare.els1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sndfile-programsTuxCare:Ubuntu:18.04 |
before 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2+tuxcare.els1 | 1.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2+tuxcare.els1 |
libsndfileMageia:9 |
before 1.2.0-3.3.mga9 | 1.2.0-3.3.mga9 |
libsndfileUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.25-7ubuntu11.0.25-7ubuntu21.0.25-7ubuntu2.11.0.25-7ubuntu2.21.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm11.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm21.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm31.0.25-7ubuntu2.2+esm4 |
None known |
libsndfileUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.25-9.11.0.25-101.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.11.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.21.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3 Show 4 moreShow less1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm11.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm21.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm31.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm4 |
None known |
libsndfileUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.28-41.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.11.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.21.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm11.0.28-4ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm2 |
None known |
libsndfileUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.28-61.0.28-71.0.28-7ubuntu0.11.0.28-7ubuntu0.21.0.28-7ubuntu0.3 |
None known |
libsndfileUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.31-21.0.31-2build11.0.31-2ubuntu0.11.0.31-2ubuntu0.2 |
None known |
libsndfileUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.2-11.2.2-1ubuntu21.2.2-1ubuntu31.2.2-1ubuntu41.2.2-1ubuntu51.2.2-1ubuntu5.24.04.1 |
None known |
libsndfileUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.2-2build11.2.2-3 |
None known |
libsndfileUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.2-4 |
None known |
libsndfileUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.2-31.2.2-4 |
None known |
libsndfileopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 1.2.2-5.1 | 1.2.2-5.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-52194 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Libsndfile Project Libsndfile, published August 21, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. Fixed in libsndfile 1.0.31-7.el9_2.tuxcare.els4.
References
github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/issues/1082
github.com/libsndfile
bushido-sec.com/index.php/2025/08/08/libsndfile-buffer-overflow
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52194
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3w6g-vv96-4ph6
errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/almalinux9.2esu/CLSA-2026-1786483996.html
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errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/tuxcare9.6esu/CLSA-2026-1786490187.html
errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/ubuntu18.04els/CLSA-2026-1788170819.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4156
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33065
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/52xxx/CVE-2025-52194.json
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-52194
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0215.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35451
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20261968-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1248458
bugzilla.suse.com/1263695
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-52194
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-37555
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20261969-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202621826-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1256702
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-56226
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-52194
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52194