CVE-2017-6831

Publication date 14 March 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
audiofile 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 0.3.6-3ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
audiofile

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H