CVE-2017-7742 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/ https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5