UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7741

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7741

    Published: 12 Apr 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7741
    Aliases:
    USN-3306-1

    Summary:

    Details: In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "flac_buffer_copy()" function (flac.c) can be exploited to cause a segmentation violation (with write memory access) via a specially crafted FLAC file during a resample attempt, a similar issue to CVE-2017-7585.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7741, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/11/libsndfile-invalid-memory-read-and-invalid-memory-write-in/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3306-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7741

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsndfile

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2

    Affected versions

    1.0.25-7ubuntu1
    1.0.25-7ubuntu2
    1.0.25-7ubuntu2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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