CVE-2012-2107

critical
Published 2014-02-04 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Integer overflow in the main function in util/lpci_main.c in Csound before 5.17.2, when converting a file, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1:5.17.6~dfsg-1
sid Fixed 1:5.17.6~dfsg-1
forky Fixed 1:5.17.6~dfsg-1
bullseye Fixed 1:5.17.6~dfsg-1
bookworm Fixed 1:5.17.6~dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
csoundscsound{"endIncluding":"5.17"}
csoundscsound5.10
csoundscsound5.10.1
csoundscsound5.11
csoundscsound5.11.1
csoundscsound5.12
csoundscsound5.12.1
csoundscsound5.12.3
csoundscsound5.12.4
csoundscsound5.13.0
csoundscsound5.13.1
csoundscsound5.14.0
csoundscsound5.14.1
csoundscsound5.14.2
csoundscsound5.15.0
csoundscsound5.16
csoundscsound5.16.1

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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