| Name | CVE-2015-7747 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 801102 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| audiofile (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.3.6-2+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.3.6-4+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.3.6-5+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye, bookworm | 0.3.6-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.3.6-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - audiofile <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - audiofile <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/2