CVE-2017-12562: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
• Libsndfile Project Libsndfile: version 1.0.28 only

Published 2017-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.