CVE-2017-6834

NameCVE-2017-6834
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the ulaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0, 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-867-1, DSA-3814-1
Debian Bugs857651

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
audiofile (PTS)buster, bookworm, bullseye0.3.6-5fixed
buster (security)0.3.6-5+deb10u1fixed
sid, trixie0.3.6-6fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
audiofilesourcewheezy0.3.4-2+deb7u1DLA-867-1
audiofilesourcejessie0.3.6-2+deb8u2DSA-3814-1
audiofilesource(unstable)0.3.6-4857651

Notes

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ulaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/38
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/commit/7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c
https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/ce536d707b8e2a26baca77320398c45238224ca7

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