Integer overflow in audiofile - CVE-2017-6838
Published: March 20, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39424
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6838
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Michael Pruett
Affected software:
audiofile
audiofile
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Integer overflow in sfcommands/sfconvert.c in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6838
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/9
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-multiple-ubsan-crashes/
- https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c
- https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/41