| Name | CVE-2017-6830 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-867-1, DSA-3814-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 857651 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| audiofile (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 0.3.6-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.3.6-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
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/commit/7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c
https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/ce536d707b8e2a26baca77320398c45238224ca7