CVE-2015-7805

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in libsndfile 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via the headindex value in the header in an AIFF file.

Affected products

Mega-Nerd Libsndfile: 1.0.25
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171466.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172593.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172607.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00077.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00145.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133926/libsndfile-1.0.25-Heap-Overflow.html
http://www.nemux.org/2015/10/13/libsndfile-1-0-25-heap-overflow/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77427
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2832-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-03

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