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High
CVE-2007-4974
Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC file with crafted PCM data containing a block with a size that exceeds the previous block size.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28412
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27100
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25758
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00344.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=296221
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192834
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28265
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:191
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-525-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27018
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1442
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27071
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26921
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26932
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.0.8, 0.0.28, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.10, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.0.13, 1.0.14, 1.0.15, 1.0.16
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 19th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.