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Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 13, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 19, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Aug 13, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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(98th percentile)

Weaknesses

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2015-7747

GHSA ID

GHSA-87hr-6cw6-rj3c

Source code

No known source code

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