CVE-2017-12562
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.98% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-08-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| libsndfile project | libsndfile |
References
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/292
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00020.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-23
- https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/issues/292
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00020.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-23
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