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CVE-2007-6278

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6278 describes a critical vulnerability in FLAC libFLAC versions prior to 1.2.1, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to force clients to download arbitrary files through a crafted .FLAC file utilizing a specific MIME-Type URL flag. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:flac:libflac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 8,913 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6278

FLAC doesn't enforce a MIME type for image referenced by URL

Nov 15, 2007

References

research.eeye.com / html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html
securityreason.com / securityalert/3423
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/544656
PatchUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded
securitytracker.com / id
Patch