CVE-2017-7742
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.56%
Description
In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a segmentation violation (with read memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to CVE-2017-7585.
How to fix CVE-2017-7742
To remediate CVE-2017-7742, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libsndfile—upgrade to 1.0.28-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.27-3 or later
Is CVE-2017-7742 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.28-r0
- from 0, < 1.0.27-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |