Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 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.
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Affected products
14- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/audiofile&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/audiofile&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2
< 0.3.6-11.13+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-11.13
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.6-142.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.6-142.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.6-142.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-10.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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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