CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7742
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-12
- 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 "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a segmentation violation (with read memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to CVE-2017-7585.
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
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0 Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04 security.gentoo.org
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0 Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04 security.gentoo.org