CVE-2024-50612VulnerabilityPublished 17 Dec 2024Updated 5 Nov 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: libsndfile security update

Affects Red Hat libsndfileSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-50612· Medium 5.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 16:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Oct 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
GitHublibsndfile/libsndfile`pkg:github/libsndfile/libsndfile`Other threats	Affected <=1.2.2	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for libsndfile in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Users should apply the updated packages as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:11192 and the linked article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

A segmentation fault vulnerability (CVE-2024-50612) was discovered in libsndfile, a C library for reading and writing sampled sound files. The flaw occurs in the ogg_vorbis.c component at the vorbis_analysis_wrote() function. Red Hat has issued a security update for libsndfile in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to address this issue. The vulnerability is rated as moderate in severity by Red Hat Product Security.

Impact

The vulnerability can cause a segmentation fault leading to a crash in applications using libsndfile to process Ogg Vorbis audio data. This may result in denial of service conditions. There is no indication of exploitation in the wild or of more severe impacts such as code execution.

Summary

The vulnerability CVE-2024-50612 in libsndfile causes a segmentation fault error in the ogg_vorbis.c source file at line 417 within the vorbis_analysis_wrote() function. This flaw affects the processing of Ogg Vorbis audio data and could lead to a crash of applications using the vulnerable library. Red Hat has released an updated libsndfile package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix this issue. The advisory references Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 packages including multiple architectures such as x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The update is classified as having moderate security impact.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessCWE Top 25 (2025): #8
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Architecture and Design · Language Selection
Use a language that provides appropriate memory abstractions.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Overread Buffers (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 5 Nov 2026, 16:59 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-125

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