Vulnerability CVE-2017-6834
Published: 2017-03-20

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ulaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Audiofile -> Audiofile 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/6
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ulaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp/
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/38
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42
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