Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-6830
CVE-2017-6830
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
5- github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/34nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-alaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814nvd
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