UnratedFix available
ardour, libsndfile — security advisory
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.
- Products
- ardour, libsndfile
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.17-4, 1:2.1-1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-4974
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974
ardour
Fixed versions: 1:2.1-1.1
ardour
Fixed versions: 1:2.1-1.1
ardour
Fixed versions: 1:2.1-1.1
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.17-4
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.17-4
libsndfile
Fixed versions: 1.0.17-4
Complete source record
{
"id": "340b3dbabf8fad8b19515de66d60aec5e444c3f4cf0ccfc7b73d799b1ef07b3a",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974",
"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.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "ardour",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1:2.1-1.1",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "ardour",
"evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1:2.1-1.1",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "ardour",
"evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1:2.1-1.1",
"evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "libsndfile",
"evidence": "/affected/3/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1.0.17-4",
"evidence": "/affected/3/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "libsndfile",
"evidence": "/affected/4/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1.0.17-4",
"evidence": "/affected/4/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "libsndfile",
"evidence": "/affected/5/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "1.0.17-4",
"evidence": "/affected/5/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "unknown",
"structured": {
"id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974",
"aliases": [
"DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974"
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:2.1-1.1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "ardour",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ardour?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "medium"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:2.1-1.1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "ardour",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ardour?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "medium"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:2.1-1.1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "ardour",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ardour?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "medium"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.0.17-4"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libsndfile",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libsndfile?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "medium"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.0.17-4"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libsndfile",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libsndfile?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "medium"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.0.17-4"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libsndfile",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libsndfile?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4974.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "medium"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:37.973711303Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2007-4974"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4974"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2007-4974",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 398386,
"published_at": "2007-09-19T17:17:00+00:00"
}