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CVE-2017-6831

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlockWAVE function in IMA.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0 and 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Audiofile: 0.2.7, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4 (+2)
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97588
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-imadecodeblockwave-ima-cpp/
• https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2017-6831
• https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/a2e9eab8ea87c4ffc494d839ebb4ea145eb9f2e6
• https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/35
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97588
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-imadecodeblockwave-ima-cpp/
• https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2017-6831

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