FKIE_CVE-2017-6831

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-20 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:23
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlockWAVE function in IMA.cpp in 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 and 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97588Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-imadecodeblockwave-ima-cpp/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2017-6831Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/a2e9eab8ea87c4ffc494d839ebb4ea145eb9f2e6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/35Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97588Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-imadecodeblockwave-ima-cpp/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2017-6831Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/a2e9eab8ea87c4ffc494d839ebb4ea145eb9f2e6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/35Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
audiofile audiofile 0.2.7
audiofile audiofile 0.3.0
audiofile audiofile 0.3.1
audiofile audiofile 0.3.2
audiofile audiofile 0.3.3
audiofile audiofile 0.3.4
audiofile audiofile 0.3.5
audiofile audiofile 0.3.6
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
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