| Name | CVE-2017-6827 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the MSADPCM::initializeCoefficients function in MSADPCM.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted audio file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-867-1, DSA-3814-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 857651 |
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
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/32
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-msadpcminitializecoefficients-msadpcm-cpp
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/commit/c48e4c6503f7dabd41f11d4c9c7b7f8960e7f2c0