CVE-2014-9028

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2014-11-25
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1167741: CVE-2014-9028 flac: Heap buffer write overflow in read_residual_partitioned_rice_
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way flac decoded FLAC audio files. An attacker could create a specially crafted FLAC audio file that could cause an application using the flac library to crash or execute arbitrary code when the file was read.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (flac) RHSA-2015:0767 2015-04-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (flac) RHSA-2015:0767 2015-04-01

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 flac Will not fix

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