CVE-2017-7742
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a segmentation violation (with read memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to CVE-2017-7585.
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references (8)
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- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/cnnvd
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0cnnvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04enisa_euvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/ExploitPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0Patchnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04nvd
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