CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6888
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772
Description
An error in the "read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()" function (src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c) in FLAC version 1.3.2 can be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file.
Affected configurations
• flac project flac (<= 1.3.2)
• debian debian linux 9.0
• fedoraproject fedora 32
• fedoraproject fedora 33
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f47b63e9c971e6391590caf00a0f2a5ed612e67 git.xiph.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33W6XZAAEJYRGU3XYHRO7XSYEA7YACUB/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNZYTAU5UWBVXVJ4VHDWPR66ZVDLQZRE/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/82639/ Third Party Advisory
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-7/ Third Party Advisory
- https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f47b63e9c971e6391590caf00a0f2a5ed612e67 git.xiph.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33W6XZAAEJYRGU3XYHRO7XSYEA7YACUB/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNZYTAU5UWBVXVJ4VHDWPR66ZVDLQZRE/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/82639/ Third Party Advisory
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-7/ Third Party Advisory