Out-of-Bounds Affecting audiofile package, versions <0.3.6-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.93% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-AUDIOFILE-1541725
  • published20 Mar 2017
  • disclosed20 Mar 2017

Introduced: 20 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6834  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 audiofile to version 0.3.6-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream audiofile package and not the audiofile package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ulaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0, 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

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