# CVE-2026-37555: An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.2.2 IMA ADPCM codec.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-29 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/issues/833
- https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/commit/9a829113c88a51e57c1e46473e90609e4b7df151
- https://gist.github.com/sgInnora/a5f5c19e4bf6f4fb74fab7b0ef2bfcc1

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