CVE-2017-6828 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Audiofile

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
17.2%
top 4.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
AudiofileDebian AudiofileMsrc Cbl2 Audiofile 0.3.6-27 ON CBL Mariner 2.0
Timeline
PublishedMar 15
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted WAV file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/audiofile< audiofile 0.3.6-4 (bookworm)
▶Debianaudiofile/audiofile< 0.3.6-4+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7736-fv8c-79g6: Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-6828: Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle↗2017-03-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
audiofile vulnerabilities↗2017-03-22
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Microsoft
Heap-based buffer overflow in audiofile allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact↗2017-03-14
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Red Hat
audiofile: Heap-based buffer overflow in readValue↗2017-02-26
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Debian
CVE-2017-6828: audiofile - Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle.cpp in audiof...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6828 audiofile: Heap-based buffer overflow in readValue↗2017-03-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6827 CVE-2017-6828 CVE-2017-6829 CVE-2017-6830 CVE-2017-6831 CVE-2017-6832 CVE-2017-6833 CVE-2017-6834 CVE-2017-6836 CVE-2017-6835 CVE-2017-6837 CVE-2017-6838 CVE-2017-6839 audiofile: various↗2017-03-16
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