High severity · published Feb 19, 2020
CVE-2015-7747
Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program…
8.8
CVSS
8.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.8% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
Audiofile · Audiofile
before 0.3.6 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
23 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7747
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7747
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170387.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2787-1
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/+bug/1502721
Patch
https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/blob/master/package/audiofile/0008-CVE-2015-7747.patch
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/1
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