CVE-2017-7586
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.24% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- libsndfile project/libsndfile
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#HistoryProduct, Release Notes
- http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWSRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074Patch
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04
- http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#HistoryProduct, Release Notes
- http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWSRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074Patch
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.