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CVE-2017-7586

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Affected products

• Flexera Software LLC libsndfile: through 1.0.27

References

• http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History
• http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522
• https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074
• https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04
• http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History
• http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522
• https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074
• https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04

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