CVE-2017-6838

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6838
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6838.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6838
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-03-20T16:59:03Z
Modified
2026-08-18T09:28:32Z
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

Integer overflow in sfcommands/sfconvert.c in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/antlarr/audiofile

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "source":  "REFERENCES"
}

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-2017-6838.json"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "11928935868487764216599788861433179953",
            "length":  690
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-6838-0b30c72a",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "sfcommands/sfconvert.c",
            "function":  "copyaudiodata"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "line_hashes":  [
                "150918354625819740051003512373224212013",
                "26581543356970238686948986881481173521",
                "95340238861390683713590756590485121383",
                "76099634027226077542197166596315184811",
                "60148152594538939281170523359972027744",
                "73371561367739945972798040661710927992",
                "119561788308632664851648660764826611068",
                "262657216346216445159424217710771616941"
            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2017-6838-a2ee6a52",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/7d65f89defb092b63bcbc5d98349fb222ca73b3c",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "sfcommands/sfconvert.c"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-18T09:28:32Z"

Git / github.com/mpruett/audiofile

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile
Events
Introduced
d19a5ace5ae891c778cbc710d78634de6084b846
Last Affected
d19a5ace5ae891c778cbc710d78634de6084b846
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0.3.6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "0.3.6"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.3.6
audiofile-0.*
audiofile-0.3.6

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6838.json"