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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2007-4974 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitr…

published 2007-09-19 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4955

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FLAC file with crafted PCM data containing a block with a size that exceeds the previous block size.

Patch / fix

  • ardour Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.1-1.1
  • libsndfile Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.17-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974

  • libsndfile openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.31-2.2
  • ardour openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.9.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10992-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12411-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-4974 updated

Heap overflow in libsndfile triggerable by seeks

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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