CVE-2017-7742Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libsndfile

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 42.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 12
Latest updateMay 17

Description

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a segmentation violation (with read memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to CVE-2017-7585.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

debiandebian/libsndfile< libsndfile 1.0.27-3 (bookworm)
Debianlibsndfile_project/libsndfile< 1.0.27-3+3

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c3h5-xmq3-3g76: In libsndfile before 12022-05-17
OSV
CVE-2017-7742: In libsndfile before 12017-04-12

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libsndfile vulnerabilities2017-06-01
Red Hat
libsndfile: Invalid memory read in flac_buffer_copy function2017-04-11
Debian
CVE-2017-7742: libsndfile - In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac...2017

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7742 libsndfile: Invalid memory read in flac_buffer_copy function2017-04-13
CVE-2017-7742 — Debian Libsndfile vulnerability | cvebase