CVE-2017-7586

medium

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236

https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522

http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS

http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-04-07

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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