Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6834
CVE-2017-6834
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ulaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0, 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
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Affected products
23cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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/38nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ulaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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