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CVE-2017-6828

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted WAV file.

Affected products

• Audiofile: 0.3.6

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97183
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-readvalue-filehandle-cpp/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97183
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-readvalue-filehandle-cpp/

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