CVE-2017-6888

MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.29%

flac - security update

Published: 4/25/2018Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

An error in the "read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()" function (src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c) in FLAC version 1.3.2 can be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Affected packages (3)

Alpine/flacfrom 0, < 1.3.2-r2
Debian/flacfrom 0, < 1.3.2-2
Debian/flacfrom 0, < 1.3.2-2+deb9u1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (2)

ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-6888
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6888