CVE-2017-6830

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    CVE-2017-6830

    Published: 20 Mar 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/2, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-alaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp/, https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/34, https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d19a5ace5ae891c778cbc710d78634de6084b846
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.3.6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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