Security Fix: Add explicit bounds check for numCoefficients in AudioFile library #98
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When building with NDEBUG, asserts are eliminated, which could lead to buffer overflow via out-of-bounds access to m_msadpcmCoefficients. This adds explicit bounds checks that remain even when assertions are disabled. Similar to the fix for CVE-2018-13440 in the original AudioFile library.
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Description
This PR fixes a security vulnerability in the AudioFile library that was cloned from libaudiofile but did not receive the security patch applied in the original repository. The original issue was reported and fixed under antlarr/audiofile@c48e4c6. This PR applies the same patch as the one in the original repository to eliminate the vulnerability.
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antlarr/audiofile@c48e4c6
Similar to CVE-2018-13440