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CVE-2017-7586 json

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-b…

published 2017-04-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16591

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libsndfile Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.27-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7586

  • libsndfile Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2
  • libsndfile Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7586

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 for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 1.0.25-28.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1040-1

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-2017-7586 updated cvss 3.3

libsndfile: Error in header_read() causing stack-based buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libsndfile, libsndfile-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libsndfile
    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

Exploit prediction

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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