CVE-2017-12562 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2017-12562?

CVE-2017-12562 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12562?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libsndfile Project Libsndfile.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12562?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-12562 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-12562, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12562, DLA-1049-1, GHSA-52w2-9c5h-2xqj, MGASA-2017-0338, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12562.