Your submission was sent successfully! Close

You have successfully unsubscribed! Close

Thank you for signing up for our newsletter!
In these regular emails you will find the latest updates about Ubuntu and upcoming events where you can meet our team.Close

CVE-2017-7742

Published: 12 April 2017

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libsndfile
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2)
upstream
Released (1.0.27-3)
xenial
Released (1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1)
yakkety
Released (1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1)
zesty
Released (1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H