HIGH
Heap overflow in libsndfile triggerable by seeks
Published Sep 19, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.49%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.0.17
- 0.0.8
- 0.0.28
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.10
- 1.0.11
- 1.0.12
- 1.0.13
- 1.0.14
- 1.0.15
- 1.0.16
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.49% 0.04488
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04488
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.49% (0.04488) | 91.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.49% (0.04488) | 90.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.40% (0.06400) | 90.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.34% (0.09344) | 87.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.40% (0.06400) | 90.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 31.37% (0.31373) | 97.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 37.07% (0.37067) | 97.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 37.94% (0.37940) | 97.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 38.39% (0.38391) | 97.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 21, 2024 | 38.21% (0.38214) | 97.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 24.12% (0.24115) | 95.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 95.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 94.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 89.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (21)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26921 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26932 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27018 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27071 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27100 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28265 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1442 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:191 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25758 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-525-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3241 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4974 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192834 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=296221 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430486 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4974
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4974
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00344.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 19, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 19, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4974
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a