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CVE-2017-6828 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows…

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15882

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted WAV file.

Patch / fix

  • audiofile Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.6-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6828

  • audiofile Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
  • audiofile Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6828

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

  • audiofile SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 0.2.6-142.17.1
  • audiofile SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 0.3.6-10.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1182-1SUSE-SU-2017:0940-1

  • audiofile openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.3.6-11.13

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10640-1

  • audiofile Arch Linux 0.3.6-4

arch linux advisories AVG-205

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-2017-6828 updated cvss 3.3

audiofile: Heap-based buffer overflow in readValue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 audiofile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 audiofile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 audiofile
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

Exploit prediction

3.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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