vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-6892: libsndfile: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 12, 2017
Added
Dec 3, 2018
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()" function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-libsndfile
Title
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