USN-2787-1

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    USN-2787-1

    Published: 28 Oct 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: audiofile vulnerability

    Details: Fabrizio Gennari discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled changing both the sample format and the number of channels. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, audiofile could be made to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2787-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7747

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: audiofile

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    0.3.6-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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