Out-of-Bounds Affecting libsndfile package, versions [,1.0.28)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBSNDFILE-2370270
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7586  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libsndfile to version 1.0.28 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

CVSS Scores

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