CVE-2017-6829

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-03-20 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:41Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b77daf921bcf4c4b87e3bf5324ae0978f681e14d1c963b09933b7926f960f9d9

• github.comhttps://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/33x_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-3814http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com97189http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97189vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-global-buffer-overflow-in-decodesample-ima-cpp/x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170313 Re: audiofile: global buffer overflow in decodeSample (IMA.cpp)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/25eb00ce913452c2e614548d7df93070bf0d066fx_refsource_MISC