audiofile: Buffer overflow when changing number of channels and sample format
Published Feb 19, 2020
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.80%
Description
Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.04
- 15.10
- 23
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
audiofile
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
audiofile
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
audiofile
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | audiofile | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | audiofile | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | audiofile | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.80% (0.08802) | 95.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.87% (0.08874) | 94.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 7, 2026 | 47.72% (0.47717) | 97.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 53.28% (0.53282) | 97.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 54.55% (0.54554) | 97.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 57.37% (0.57372) | 98.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 40.01% (0.40009) | 97.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 51.26% (0.51261) | 97.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 40.01% (0.40009) | 97.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.46% (0.01462) | 87.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | 1.46% (0.01462) | 85.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 1.36% (0.01358) | 84.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 1.42% (0.01423) | 84.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.44% (0.01444) | 84.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.79% (0.03795) | 85.55th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.79% (0.03795) | 84.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.79% (0.03795) | 67.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170387.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/2 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2787-1 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7747 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/+bug/1502721 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269766 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/blob/master/package/audiofile/0008-CVE-2015-7747.patch x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7747
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7747
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/1 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170387.html | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/2 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2787-1 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7747 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audiofile/+bug/1502721 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269766 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/blob/master/package/audiofile/0008-CVE-2015-7747.patch | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7747 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7747 | ||
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/1 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory |
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