{"id":"CVE-2017-7586","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7586","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:51:08.118Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2017-04-07T20:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:24:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["libsndfile project/libsndfile"],"epss":{"score":0.01243,"percentile":0.69071,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History","tags":["Product","Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/#History","tags":["Product","Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/NEWS","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97522","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/708e996c87c5fae77b104ccfeb8f6db784c32074","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f457b7b5ecfe91697ed01cfc825772c4d8de1236","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7586","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}