CVE-2017-6837
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6837
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6837.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6837
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-03-20T16:59:02Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-18T09:28:33Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
WAVE.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to a large number of coefficients.
- References
-
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97314
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/9
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-multiple-ubsan-crashes/
- https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/c48e4c6503f7dabd41f11d4c9c7b7f8960e7f2c0
- https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/41
Affected packages
Git / github.com/antlarr/audiofile
Affected versions
audiofile-0.*
audiofile-0.2.1
audiofile-0.2.2
audiofile-0.2.3
audiofile-0.2.4
audiofile-0.2.5
audiofile-0.2.6
audiofile-0.2.7
audiofile-0.3.0
audiofile-0.3.1
audiofile-0.3.2
audiofile-0.3.3
audiofile-0.3.4
audiofile-0.3.5
audiofile-0.3.6
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6837.json"
vanir_signatures
[
{
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"function_hash": "90884721003669009012809751076469776921",
"length": 5810
},
"id": "CVE-2017-6837-004e2484",
"signature_type": "Function",
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/c48e4c6503f7dabd41f11d4c9c7b7f8960e7f2c0",
"target": {
"file": "libaudiofile/WAVE.cpp",
"function": "WAVEFile::parseFormat"
}
},
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"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
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],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"id": "CVE-2017-6837-c8d02805",
"signature_type": "Line",
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/c48e4c6503f7dabd41f11d4c9c7b7f8960e7f2c0",
"target": {
"file": "libaudiofile/WAVE.cpp"
}
}
]
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-08-18T09:28:33Z"