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CVE-2017-6830 (GCVE-0-2017-6830)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-20 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:41
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Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-02-20 00:00
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