CVE-2017-6892

In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the "aiff_read_chanmap()" function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile

Events

Introduced

1d928bffdb65e827c3e7d17ece0e123b4a70ec6c

Last Affected

1d928bffdb65e827c3e7d17ece0e123b4a70ec6c

Fixed

f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748

Database specific

Show details

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    ],
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        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.28

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6892.json"

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vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-07-08T16:53:23Z"