Denial of service in libsndfile - CVE-2017-7741
Published: June 2, 2017 / Updated: June 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6880
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7741
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a write memory access flaw in the flac_buffer_copy function in flac.c. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted FLAC file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a segmentation violation and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to a write memory access flaw in the flac_buffer_copy function in flac.c. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted FLAC file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a segmentation violation and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
libsndfile
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
libsndfile (Alpine package)
Microsoft Lync
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
libsndfile (Alpine package)
Microsoft Lync
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7741
Update to version 1.0.28.
libsndfile (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.28-r0