Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers…

Description

Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.8% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-120 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-120 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2787-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/+bug/1502721 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170387.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/blob/master/package/audiofile/0008-CVE-2015-7747.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:58 UTC.