CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7586
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/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-119
Description
In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.
Affected configurations
• libsndfile project libsndfile (<= 1.0.27)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History Product, Release Notes
- http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074 Patch
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236 Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History Product, Release Notes
- http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074 Patch
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236 Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04 security.gentoo.org