CVE-2007-6279 json
Multiple double free vulnerabilities in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execu…
published 2007-12-07 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-6247
- cvss
- 9.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 4.0%
- EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Multiple double free vulnerabilities in Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed (1) Seektable values or (2) Seektable Data Offsets in a .FLAC file.
Patch / fix
- flac Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.1-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6279
- securitytracker.com/id?1018974 patch
- kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656 advisory
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-2007-6279 updated
Double-frees via crafted FLAC file
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot 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
3.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
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securitytracker.com
/id?1018974
vdb-entry, patch
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kb.cert.org
/vuls/id/544656
third-party-advisory, patch, us-government-resource
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research.eeye.com
/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html
third-party-advisory
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securityreason.com
/securityalert/3423
third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded
mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2007-6279
- NVD CVE-2007-6279
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