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CVE-2017-12562

Date: August 5, 2017

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/292

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-23

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00020.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12562

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12562

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12562

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-12562

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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