[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #37532] wavread fails on certain input files, hangs the system

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?37532>

                 Summary: wavread fails on certain input files, hangs the
system
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Wed 10 Oct 2012 08:45:18 AM EDT
                Category: Libraries
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Crash
                  Status: In Progress
             Assigned to: mtmiller
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Given certain input WAVE files, the wavread function apparently attempts to
allocate way too much memory and causes my system to become unresponsive. The
files in question can be opened and played with other programs, so they are
valid to some extent. Files originating from Octave's wavwrite do not exhibit
this problem.

I'll investigate the details of the files I have that cause this crash.




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