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CVE-2017-6830

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka...

5.5 MediumFix available

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.

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

2.98%Up 1.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

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.

Record
CVE-2017-6830
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/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 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.

Record
CVE-2017-6830
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15884 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-15884
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4jqw-f8xq-pm65 5.5

Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka...

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.

Record
GHSA-4jqw-f8xq-pm65
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-36922 5.5

CVE-2017-6830 affecting package audiofile 0.3.6-27

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.

Record
AZL-36922
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
2026-11-05
OSVAZL-7173 5.5

CVE-2017-6830 affecting package audiofile 0.3.6-27

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.

Record
AZL-7173
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
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OSV 5.5

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.

Record
CVE-2017-6830
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
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-6830 5.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6830
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
OSVOESA-2026-4705 5.5

audiofile security update

The Audio File Library is a C-based library for reading and writing audio files in many common formats.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2017-6830)

Record
OESA-2026-4705
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
2026-11-04
OSVOESA-2026-4706 5.5

audiofile security update

The Audio File Library is a C-based library for reading and writing audio files in many common formats.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2017-6830)

Record
OESA-2026-4706
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
2026-11-04
OSVOESA-2026-4707 5.5

audiofile security update

The Audio File Library is a C-based library for reading and writing audio files in many common formats.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2017-6830)

Record
OESA-2026-4707
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
2026-11-04
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-6830 5.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6830
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
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0.3.4-2+deb7u1, plus listed versions
0.3.4-2
0.3.4-2+deb7u1
audiofile
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 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
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-4.3.mga5
0.3.6-4.3.mga5
audiofile
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1
 before 0.3.6-33.oe2403sp1
0.3.6-33.oe2403sp1
audiofile
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP3
 before 0.3.6-33.oe2403sp3
0.3.6-33.oe2403sp3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
audiofile
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
 before 0.3.6-33.oe2203sp4
0.3.6-33.oe2203sp4
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-10.1
0.3.6-10.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0.2.6-142.17.1
0.2.6-142.17.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0.2.6-142.17.1
0.2.6-142.17.1
audiofile
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 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
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 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
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0.3.6-11.13
0.3.6-11.13

History

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In short

CVE-2017-6830 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 2.98%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in audiofile 0.3.6-4.

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