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CVE-2015-7747

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.

Published

2020-02-19T21:15:11.200

Last Modified

2025-08-13T20:48:07.470

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-120

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	23	Yes
Application	audiofile	audiofile	< 0.3.6	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170387.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2787-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/+bug/1502721 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/blob/master/package/audiofile/0008-CVE-2015-7747.patch Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170387.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2787-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/+bug/1502721 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/blob/master/package/audiofile/0008-CVE-2015-7747.patch Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)