CVE-2017-7586 (GCVE-0-2017-7586)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-07 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:04
VLAI
Summary
In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2017-04-07 00:00
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