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CVE-2017-6832

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile...

5.5 MediumFix available

CVE-2017-6832 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Audiofile, published March 14, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.99%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in audiofile 0.3.6-4.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.99%Up 0.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
CVE-2017-6832
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
CVE-2017-6832
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15886 No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
EUVD-2017-15886
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5xpw-7cp5-qxf8 5.5

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile...

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
GHSA-5xpw-7cp5-qxf8
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-36924 5.5

CVE-2017-6832 affecting package audiofile 0.3.6-27

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
AZL-36924
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-7175 5.5

CVE-2017-6832 affecting package audiofile 0.3.6-27

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
AZL-7175
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 5.5

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
CVE-2017-6832
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-6832 5.5

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6832
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-6832 5.5

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6832
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0129 No score

Updated audiofile packages fix security vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the audiofile library, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed audio file is processed (CVE-2017-6827, CVE-2017-6828, CVE-2017-6829, CVE-2017-6830, CVE-2017-6831, CVE-2017-6832, CVE-2017-6833, CVE-2017-6834, CVE-2017-6835, CVE-2017-6836, CVE-2017-6837, CVE-2017-6838, CVE-2017-6839).

Record
MGASA-2017-0129
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10640-1 No score

audiofile-0.3.6-11.13 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the audiofile-0.3.6-11.13 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10640-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0940-1 No score

Security update for audiofile

This audiofile update fixes the following issue:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2015-7747: Fixed buffer overflow issue when changing both number of channels and sample format. (bsc#949399)
  • CVE-2017-6827: heap-based buffer overflow in MSADPCM::initializeCoefficients (MSADPCM.cpp) (bsc#1026979)
  • CVE-2017-6828: heap-based buffer overflow in readValue (FileHandle.cpp) (bsc#1026980)
  • CVE-2017-6829: global buffer overflow in decodeSample (IMA.cpp) (bsc#1026981)
  • CVE-2017-6830: heap-based buffer overflow in alaw2linear_buf (G711.cpp) (bsc#1026982)
  • CVE-2017-6831: heap-based buffer overflow in IMA::decodeBlockWAVE (IMA.cpp) (bsc#1026983)
  • CVE-2017-6832: heap-based buffer overflow in MSADPCM::decodeBlock (MSADPCM.cpp) (bsc#1026984)
  • CVE-2017-6833: divide-by-zero in BlockCodec::runPull (BlockCodec.cpp) (bsc#1026985)
  • CVE-2017-6834: heap-based buffer overflow in ulaw2linear_buf (G711.cpp) (bsc#1026986)
  • CVE-2017-6835: divide-by-zero in BlockCodec::reset1 (BlockCodec.cpp) (bsc#1026988)
  • CVE-2017-6836: heap-based buffer overflow in Expand3To4Module::run (SimpleModule.h) (bsc#1026987)
  • CVE-2017-6837, CVE-2017-6838, CVE-2017-6839: multiple ubsan crashes (bsc#1026978)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0940-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:1182-1 No score

Security update for audiofile

This update for audiofile fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2017-6827: heap-based buffer overflow in MSADPCM::initializeCoefficients (MSADPCM.cpp) (bsc#1026979)
  • CVE-2017-6828: heap-based buffer overflow in readValue (FileHandle.cpp) (bsc#1026980)
  • CVE-2017-6829: global buffer overflow in decodeSample (IMA.cpp) (bsc#1026981)
  • CVE-2017-6830: heap-based buffer overflow in alaw2linear_buf (G711.cpp) (bsc#1026982)
  • CVE-2017-6831: heap-based buffer overflow in IMA::decodeBlockWAVE (IMA.cpp) (bsc#1026983)
  • CVE-2017-6832: heap-based buffer overflow in MSADPCM::decodeBlock (MSADPCM.cpp) (bsc#1026984)
  • CVE-2017-6833: divide-by-zero in BlockCodec::runPull (BlockCodec.cpp) (bsc#1026985)
  • CVE-2017-6834: heap-based buffer overflow in ulaw2linear_buf (G711.cpp) (bsc#1026986)
  • CVE-2017-6835: divide-by-zero in BlockCodec::reset1 (BlockCodec.cpp) (bsc#1026988)
  • CVE-2017-6836: heap-based buffer overflow in Expand3To4Module::run (SimpleModule.h) (bsc#1026987)
  • CVE-2017-6837, CVE-2017-6838, CVE-2017-6839: multiple ubsan crashes (bsc#1026978)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:1182-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3241-1 No score

audiofile vulnerabilities

Agostino Sarubbo discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled certain malformed audio files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted audio file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against audiofile to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record
USN-3241-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
audiofile
Azure Linux:3
 through 0.3.6-27 None known
audiofile
Azure Linux:2
 through 0.3.6-27 None known
audiofile
Debian:12
 before 0.3.6-4
0.3.6-4
audiofile
Debian:13
 before 0.3.6-4
0.3.6-4
audiofile
Debian:14
 before 0.3.6-4
0.3.6-4
audiofile
Debian:7
 before 0.3.4-2+deb7u1, plus listed versions
0.3.4-2
0.3.4-2+deb7u1
audiofile
Debian:8
 before 0.3.6-2+deb8u2, plus listed versions
0.3.6-20.3.6-2+deb8u1
0.3.6-2+deb8u2
audiofile
Mageia:5
 before 0.3.6-4.3.mga5
0.3.6-4.3.mga5
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
 before 0.2.6-142.17.1
0.2.6-142.17.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
 before 0.2.6-142.17.1
0.2.6-142.17.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
 before 0.2.6-142.17.1
0.2.6-142.17.1
audiofile
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2, plus listed versions
0.3.6-20.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.1
0.3.6-2ubuntu0.14.04.2
audiofile
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
0.3.6-20.3.6-2ubuntu0.15.10.1
0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
audiofile
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 0.3.6-11.13
0.3.6-11.13

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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