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CVE-2015-7805 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in libsndfile 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via the headindex value in the header in…

published 2015-11-17 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-7704

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.3%
EPSS 14.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in libsndfile 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via the headindex value in the header in an AIFF file.

Patch / fix

  • libsndfile Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.25-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7805

  • libsndfile Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7805

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libsndfile SLES 12 SP1, SLES 12, SLED 12 SP1 +5 more 1.0.25-25.1
  • libsndfile SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +6 more 1.0.20-2.10.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:2000-1SUSE-SU-2015:2000-2SUSE-SU-2015:1979-1

  • libsndfile openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.26-2.4
  • libsndfile-progs openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.26-2.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10148-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10470-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-7805 updated cvss 5.8

libsndfile: Heap overflow vulnerability when parsing specially crafted AIFF header

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libsndfile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libsndfile, libsndfile-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pulseaudio, pulseaudio-libs, pulseaudio-utils, pulseaudio-gdm-hooks, pulseaudio-libs-glib2, pulseaudio-module-x11, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pulseaudio, pulseaudio-libs, pulseaudio-qpaeq, pulseaudio-utils, pulseaudio-gdm-hooks, pulseaudio-libs-glib2, +5 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-38447)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38447 libsndfile 1.0.25 - Local Heap Overflow local, 2015-10-13
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133926/libsndfile-1.0.25-Heap-Overflow.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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