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CVE-2018-17095 json

An issue has been discovered in mpruett 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.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-8875

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue has been discovered in mpruett 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. A heap-based buffer overflow in Expand3To4Module::run has occurred when running sfconvert.

Patch / fix

  • audiofile Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.6-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17095

  • audiofile Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.3
  • audiofile Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  • audiofile Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.3.6-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17095

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 RHEL 7 1:0.3.6-9.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3877

  • audiofile SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP4 +5 more 0.3.6-11.3.1
  • audiofile SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 0.3.6-3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3588-2SUSE-SU-2018:3588-1SUSE-SU-2018:3506-1

  • audiofile openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.3.6-11.13

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10640-1

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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-2018-17095 updated cvss 7.0

audiofile: Heap-based buffer overflow in Expand3To4Module::run() when running sfconvert

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 audiofile Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 audiofile
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) audiofile 0.3.6-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) audiofile 0.3.6-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) audiofile 0.3.6-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) audiofile 0.3.6-9.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3877

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

4.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/50 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/51 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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

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