CVE-2017-7585

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7585
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-07 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 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

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libsndfile Project Libsndfile All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libsndfile: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201707-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
src/flac.c: Improve error handling · erikd/libsndfile@60b2343 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mega-nerd.com Release Notes
libsndfile af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mega-nerd.com Product, Release Notes
Computer Security Research - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com Third Party Advisory
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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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