| Name | CVE-2017-7742 |
| 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. |
| 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-928-1, ELA-305-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 860255 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libsndfile (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.0.25-9.1+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.0.27-3+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.0.28-6+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.0.31-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.2.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - libsndfile <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/