Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting flac package, versions <1.3.2-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-FLAC-287503
  • published25 Apr 2018
  • disclosed25 Apr 2018

Introduced: 25 Apr 2018

CVE-2017-6888  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 flac to version 1.3.2-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream flac package and not the flac package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An error in the "read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()" function (src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c) in FLAC version 1.3.2 can be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file.

CVSS Scores

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