CVE-2017-6892 — 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 BufferCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read11 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
2.0%
top 16.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Libsndfile Project LibsndfileDebian LibsndfileFlexera Software LLC Libsndfile+3 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 12
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages8 packages

▶debiandebian/libsndfile< libsndfile 1.0.28-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibsndfile_project/libsndfile< 1.0.28-1+3
▶Ubuntulibsndfile_project/libsndfile< 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.3+1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7fc7-mjc4-7mmh: In libsndfile version 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
libsndfile vulnerabilities↗2021-01-26
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OSV
CVE-2017-6892: In libsndfile version 1↗2017-06-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
libsndfile vulnerabilities↗2021-01-26
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Ubuntu
libsndfile vulnerabilities↗2019-06-10
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Microsoft
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.↗2017-06-13
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Red Hat
libsndfile: Information disclosure via aiff_read_chanmap() function↗2017-05-23
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Debian
CVE-2017-6892: libsndfile - In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()" function (ai...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6892 libsndfile: Information disclosure via aiff_read_chanmap() function↗2017-06-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6892 libsndfile: Information disclosure via aiff_read_chanmap() function [fedora-all]↗2017-06-20
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