CVE-2007-6277
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119
Buffer Errors
Publication date:
07/12/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large (1) Metadata Block Size, (2) VORBIS Comment String Size, (3) Picture Metadata MIME-TYPE Size, (4) Picture Description Size, (5) Picture Data Length, (6) Padding Length, and (7) PICTURE Metadata width and height values in a .FLAC file, which result in a heap-based overflow; and large (8) VORBIS Comment String Size Length, (9) Picture MIME-Type, (10) Picture MIME-Type URL, and (11) Picture Description Length values in a .FLAC file, which result in a stack-based overflow. NOTE: some of these issues may overlap CVE-2007-4619.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:flac:libflac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.2 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28548
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1469
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974=
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10435
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28548
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1469
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974=
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10435



