Security advisory

{
  "id": "1a5ce3b4c35e7a331c327c6e2c5d448fdda15e1faf5701fb307ec3f295f5c986",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6828",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-6828",
    "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted WAV file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6828",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-6828",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-6828"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2017-6828.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:03.155493489Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-readvalue-filehandle-cpp/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-6828",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440199,
  "published_at": "2017-03-15T14:59:01.213+00:00"
}