CVE-2017-7585

Summary

CVECVE-2017-7585
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-07 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:33:00 UTC
DescriptionIn libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libsndfile CONFIRM www.mega-nerd.com Product, Release Notes
www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS CONFIRM www.mega-nerd.com Release Notes
libsndfile: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201707-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
src/flac.c: Improve error handling · erikd/libsndfile@60b2343 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Computer Security Research - Secunia MISC secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500311 Alpine Linux Security Update for libsndfile
  • 504079 Alpine Linux Security Update for libsndfile
  • 710429 Gentoo Linux libsndfile Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201707-04)
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