CVE-2017-7586

Publication date 7 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libsndfile	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.0.27-1ubuntu0.1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libsndfile	Upstream: 708e996 Upstream: f457b7b Distro: https://sources.debian.net/data/main/libs/libsndfile/1.0.27-2/debian/patches/fix_bufferoverflows.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3306-1
libsndfile vulnerabilities
1 June 2017