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CVE-2017-6838

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in sfcommands/sfconvert.c in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Audiofile: 0.3.6

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/9
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-multiple-ubsan-crashes/
• https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c
• https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/41
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/9
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-multiple-ubsan-crashes/
• https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c
• https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/41

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