CVE-2017-7586

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.2%

Medium (5.5) in libsndfile project libsndfile. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 69% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-04-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

libsndfile_project:libsndfile

References

http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History
http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074
https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236

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