CVE-2017-6888
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6888
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6888.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6888
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-04-25T21:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T09:03:41.292155Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An error in the "readmetadatavorbiscomment()" function (src/libFLAC/streamdecoder.c) in FLAC version 1.3.2 can be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file.
- References
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- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00001.html
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/82639/
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-7/
- https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f47b63e9c971e6391590caf00a0f2a5ed612e67
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33W6XZAAEJYRGU3XYHRO7XSYEA7YACUB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KNZYTAU5UWBVXVJ4VHDWPR66ZVDLQZRE/