FLAC doesn't enforce a MIME type for image referenced by URL
Published Dec 7, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.12%
Description
Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to force a client to download arbitrary files via the MIME-Type URL flag (-->) for the FLAC image file in a crafted .FLAC file.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider this a security issue. The downloading of arbitrary files will be harmless unless there is a vulnerability in the application handling these other filetypes.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02120) | 81.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02120) | 79.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 2.46% (0.02457) | 84.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.10% (0.01105) | 76.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.57% (0.03572) | 79.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.24% (0.01241) | 77.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.35% (0.02349) | 90.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 2.35% (0.02349) | 90.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 1.32% (0.01322) | 86.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 1.86% (0.01864) | 88.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 1.55% (0.01548) | 87.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01548) | 85.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYE
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6278 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415591 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6278
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6278
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYE | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6278 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415591 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6278 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6278 |
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