CVE-2017-6892

high

Description

In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()" function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file.

References

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76717/

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-13/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-23

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-06-12

Updated: 2020-10-29

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: HIGH