FKIE_CVE-2017-6888

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-04-25 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:23
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
An error in the "read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()" function (src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c) in FLAC version 1.3.2 can be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file.
References
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttps://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f47b63e9c971e6391590caf00a0f2a5ed612e67
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33W6XZAAEJYRGU3XYHRO7XSYEA7YACUB/
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNZYTAU5UWBVXVJ4VHDWPR66ZVDLQZRE/
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttps://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/82639/Third Party Advisory
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttps://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-7/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f47b63e9c971e6391590caf00a0f2a5ed612e67
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33W6XZAAEJYRGU3XYHRO7XSYEA7YACUB/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNZYTAU5UWBVXVJ4VHDWPR66ZVDLQZRE/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/82639/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-7/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
flac_project flac *
debian debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject fedora 32
fedoraproject fedora 33
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