cve/2017/CVE-2017-6831.md

CVE-2017-6831

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlockWAVE function in IMA.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0 and 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

POC

Reference

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-imadecodeblockwave-ima-cpp/
• https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2017-6831
• https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/35

Github

• https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example
• https://github.com/mrash/afl-cve