CVE-2017-7586
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 1.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.9% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-04-07 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2f84d0d23a0649c8162de589dfa5bbcfcca3b3966b7e293e020902b7e971313a
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074
- www.mega-nerd.comhttp://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History
- www.mega-nerd.comhttp://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201707-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04
- github.comhttps://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236
- www.securityfocus.com97522http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.27-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.27-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.27-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libsndfile Fixed in 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.