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CVE-2017-6892
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-06-12 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()" function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file.
Affected products
- Flexera Software LLC libsndfile: 1.0.28
References
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76717/
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-13/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-23
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76717/
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-13/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-23
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/
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