CVE-2017-6833

MEDIUM

audiofile 0.3.6 - Denial of Service via Divide-by-Zero in BlockCodec.cpp

Title source: llm

Description

The runPull function in libaudiofile/modules/BlockCodec.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a crafted file.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/5

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-divide-by-zero-in-blockcodecrunpull-blockcodec-cpp/

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/37

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0281

EPSS Percentile 84.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-369

Status published

Products (1)

audiofile/audiofile 0.3.6

Published Mar 20, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026