CVE-2017-7741

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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 write memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to CVE-2017-7585.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-7741
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-12T18:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-11T01:33:47
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libsndfile_project:libsndfile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.27
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0 Patch
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/ Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7741
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7741
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:26:42 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:50:36 2017-04-12T18:59Z 2017-04-12T18:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:50:36 2017-07-11T01:33:47 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:50:36 Modified Vulnerability Status updated