CVE-2007-4974 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libsndfile

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
6.8%
top 8.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
ArdourLibsndfile Project LibsndfileDebian Ardour+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 19
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC file with crafted PCM data containing a block with a size that exceeds the previous block size.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/libsndfile< ardour 1:2.1-1.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibsndfile_project/libsndfile< 1.0.17-4+3
▶NVDmega-nerd/libsndfile1.0.17+11
▶debiandebian/ardour< ardour 1:2.1-1.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianardour/ardour< 1:2.1-1.1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h6f6-m3cj-r7wc: Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2007-4974: Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1↗2007-09-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libsndfile vulnerability↗2007-10-04
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Red Hat
Heap overflow in libsndfile triggerable by seeks↗2007-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2007-4974: ardour - Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17...↗2007
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4974 Heap overflow in libsndfile triggerable by seeks↗2008-01-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4974 Heap overflow in libsndfile triggerable by seeks↗2007-09-19
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