CVE-2017-7586: Libsndfile Project Libsndfile

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the "header_read()" function (common.c) when handling ID3 tags can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted FLAC file.

Affected products

• Libsndfile Project Libsndfile: up to and including 1.0.27

Published 2017-04-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.