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Ubuntu: USN-5733-1 (CVE-2017-6888): FLAC vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5733-1 (CVE-2017-6888): FLAC vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/25/2018
Created
11/24/2022
Added
11/22/2022
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

An error in the "read_metadata_vorbiscomment_()" function (src/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c) in FLAC version 1.3.2 can be exploited to cause a memory leak via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-flac
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libflac-6
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libflac-6v5
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libflac8

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