CVE-2017-7741
In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a segmentation violation (with write memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a segmentation violation (with write memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to CVE-2017-7585.
- 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
- 1.31% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- libsndfile project/libsndfile
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% 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
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-04
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/60b234301adf258786d8b90be5c1d437fc8799e0Patch
- 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.