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CVE-2017-6837

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6837 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in WAVE.cpp within Audio File Library (audiofile) version 0.3.6, where a remote attacker can crash the application by providing a large number of coefficients. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat profile.

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
2.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0285 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 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-2017-6837Moderate

WAVE.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

Mar 14, 2017
redhatCVE-2017-6837Low

audiofile: Index out of bounds for type int16_t

Feb 26, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-multiple-ubsan-crashes
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / antlarr/audiofile/commit/c48e4c6503f7dabd41f11d4c9c7b7f8960e7f2c0
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mpruett/audiofile/issues/41
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3814
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97314