RHSA-2020:3922 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libsndfile security update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 30, 2020
Updated · June 27, 2026
Topic
An update for libsndfile is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound, such as AIFF, AU, or WAV.
Security Fix(es):
- libsndfile: buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c (CVE-2018-19662)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.