CVE-2015-7747

Publication date 9 October 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
audiofile	15.10 wily	Fixed 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.15.10.1
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.15.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.3.3-2ubuntu0.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
audiofile	Other: https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/25/files

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2787-1
audiofile vulnerability
28 October 2015