CVE-2017-6830

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-6830 · Published 20/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-6830 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting audiofile (audiofile).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.0%, higher than 87.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
audiofile audiofile	`= 0.3.6`	No fix yet

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

References

debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/2 · Mailing List
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-alaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp · Third Party Advisory
mpruett/audiofile · Issue Tracking
mpruett/audiofile#42 · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

audiofile

= 0.3.6

No fix yet

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