CVE-2007-6278

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    CVE-2007-6278

    Published: 7 Dec 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to force a client to download arbitrary files via the MIME-Type URL flag (-->) for the FLAC image file in a crafted .FLAC file.

    References: http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded

    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