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Debian: CVE-2017-6828: audiofile -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 15, 2017
Added
Mar 23, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted WAV file.

Solution

debian-upgrade-audiofile
Title
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