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CVE-2017-6828

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6828 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the readValue function of audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) version 0.3.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted WAV file. While rated as high severity (CVSS 7.8), there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low active exploitation or public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0324 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16916-16823Fixed in: 0.3.6-27
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 audiofile 0.3.6-27 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 0.3.6-27
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: audiofile
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: audiofile
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: audiofile

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2017-Mar/CVE-2017-6828Important

Heap-based buffer overflow in audiofile allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact

Mar 14, 2017
redhatCVE-2017-6828Low

audiofile: Heap-based buffer overflow in readValue

Feb 26, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-readvalue-filehandle-cpp
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3814
securityfocus.com / bid/97183