CVE-2017-12562

critical

Published 2017-08-05 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.0.28-3`
sid	Fixed	`1.0.28-3`
forky	Fixed	`1.0.28-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.0.28-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.0.28-3`
9.0	Affected	—

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`1.0.31-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libsndfile_project	libsndfile	`1.0.28`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.