CVE-2017-6827 — audiofile - security update

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the MSADPCM::initializeCoefficients function in MSADPCM.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted audio file.

How to fix CVE-2017-6827

To remediate CVE-2017-6827, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

Debian/audiofile—upgrade to 0.3.6-4 or later
—upgrade to 0.3.4-2+deb7u1 or later
—upgrade to 0.3.6-2+deb8u2 or later

Is CVE-2017-6827 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 2.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (3)

from 0, < 0.3.6-4
from 0, < 0.3.4-2+deb7u1
from 0, < 0.3.6-2+deb8u2

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)

ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6827