Security advisory

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  "id": "97dd33a6cb8877708cb22fae8bb7b4498c0cef1ce47de977b7c960c1b1dad968",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6830",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-6830",
    "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6830",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-6830",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-6830"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d19a5ace5ae891c778cbc710d78634de6084b846"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d19a5ace5ae891c778cbc710d78634de6084b846"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.3.6"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.3.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.3.6",
            "audiofile-0.3.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6830.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:12.616651403Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-alaw2linear_buf-g711-cpp/",
        "https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/34",
        "https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/pull/42"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-6830",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380459,
  "published_at": "2017-03-20T16:59:02.657+00:00"
}