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Vulnerability details: VCID-2fxt-mcp5-vkdz
Vulnerability ID VCID-2fxt-mcp5-vkdz
Aliases CVE-2017-6837
Summary audiofile: Index out of bounds for type int16_t
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6837.json
epss 0.06086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
epss 0.06086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
epss 0.06086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
epss 0.06086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
epss 0.06086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
epss 0.06086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
epss 0.06086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
epss 0.06086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6837
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6837
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-205
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6837.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6837
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/20/audiofile-multiple-ubsan-crashes/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6827
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6828
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6829
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6830
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6831
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6832
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6833
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6834
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6835
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6836
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6837
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6838
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6839
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/antlarr/audiofile/commit/c48e4c6503f7dabd41f11d4c9c7b7f8960e7f2c0
https://github.com/mpruett/audiofile/issues/41
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3814
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97314
1432942 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1432942
857651 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857651
ASA-201708-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-9
AVG-205 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-205
cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:audiofile:audiofile:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-6837 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6837
USN-3241-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3241-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6837.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6837
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6837
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.90718
EPSS Score 0.06086
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:31:49.798061+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-6837.json 38.0.0