CVE-2007-4974

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    CVE-2007-4974

    Published: 19 Sept 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC file with crafted PCM data containing a block with a size that exceeds the previous block size.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/26921, http://secunia.com/advisories/26932, http://secunia.com/advisories/27018, http://secunia.com/advisories/27071, http://secunia.com/advisories/27100, http://secunia.com/advisories/28265, http://secunia.com/advisories/28412, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-04.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1442, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:191, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-525-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3241, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=296221, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25758, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192834, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00344.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High