CVE-2017-6834

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ulaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0, 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

• CWE-119

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ulaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/38Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ulaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/38Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Mar 20, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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