Security advisory

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  "id": "6588201a1a69220eb83cd85d5a12f5c4228f3d9e326cec0f81b37e537c3f533e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6892",
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    "title": "CVE-2017-6892",
    "summary": "In libsndfile version 1.0.28, an error in the \"aiff_read_chanmap()\" function (aiff.c) can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access via a specially crafted AIFF file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6892",
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                "source": "https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748",
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                "source": "https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:24:22.685361376Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00030.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4013-1/",
        "https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76717/",
        "https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-13/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-23",
        "https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/f833c53cb596e9e1792949f762e0b33661822748"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387631,
  "published_at": "2017-06-12T16:29:00.187+00:00"
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