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CVE-2017-6830

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6830 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function of Audio File Library (audiofile) version 0.3.6. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted file. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), exploitation requires local access and user interaction, leading to high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 5,757 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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-2017-6830Moderate

Heap-based buffer overflow in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

Mar 14, 2017
redhatCVE-2017-6830Low

audiofile: Heap-based buffer overflow in alaw2linear_buf

Feb 26, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-alaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / mpruett/audiofile/issues/34
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mpruett/audiofile/pull/42
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3814
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory