CVE-2007-6279

Description

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.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.96% Top 15%
Third-Party Advisory eeye.com Third-Party Advisory securityreason.com Third-Party Advisory cert.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974 patch vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423 third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656 patch third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6279?
CVE-2007-6279 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6279?
To fix CVE-2007-6279, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-6279 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6279 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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