CVE-2017-6830

Publication date 14 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
audiofile	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 0.3.6-3ubuntu0.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.3.3-2ubuntu0.3

Notes

mdeslaur

not mentioned in Debian changelog, but is fixed in 0.3.6-4

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
audiofile	Upstream: 7d65f89 Upstream: ce536d7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3241-1
audiofile vulnerabilities
22 March 2017