Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2017
CVE-2017-6830
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via…
5.5
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
Audiofile · Audiofile
0.3.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6830
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6830
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/2
Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-alaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp/
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/34
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42
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