CVE-2017-7742

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04

Timeline

Published: Apr 12, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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