UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8363

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8363
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8363.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8363
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Published
2017-04-30T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:15Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The flacbuffercopy function in flac.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libsndfile

Package

Name
libsndfile
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsndfile@1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.25-7ubuntu1
1.0.25-7ubuntu2
1.0.25-7ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsndfile1",
            "binary_version": "1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsndfile1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sndfile-programs",
            "binary_version": "1.0.25-7ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libsndfile

Package

Name
libsndfile
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsndfile@1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.25-9.1
1.0.25-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsndfile1",
            "binary_version": "1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsndfile1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "sndfile-programs",
            "binary_version": "1.0.25-10ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}